Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How the FBI Tried to Drive Martin Luther King Jr. to Suicide. Melissa Leon / The Daily Beast
Fort Hood is named for a Confederate traitor. Is it time for ‘Fort Benavidez’? By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Harris will be the first female, Black and Asian VP. But not the first VP of color. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
‘You love Black culture, but do you love me?’: Black athletes and artists in new ad. By Ree Hines / Today
Miami Marlins name Kim Ng 1st female general manager in Major League Baseball history. By Kelly McCarthy / ABC News
George Flippin, Nebraska’s first Black football player: a hero who white people turned into a pariah. By Paul Putz / Slate
How Trump Lost Sports as a Political Strategy. By Jere Longman / NYT
Election vote count gets boost from sports arenas running up the score. By Josh Peters, Tom Schad and Jeff Zillgitt / USA Today
Once a symbol of desegregation, Ruby Bridges’ school now reflects another battle engulfing public education. By Connie L. Schaffer, Matha Graham Viator and Meg White / The Conversation
Race Inquiry Digest (Nov 19) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Racial Tension is Driving an Increase in Black Gun Ownership. By Melissa Chan / Time
Trump Never Saw Voters of Color as Americans. We Set Him Straight. By Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone
Black voters drove Joe Biden’s victory – and have offered this country a reboot. By Cliff Albright / The Guardian
Joe Biden gave a great speech — but we’re not ready to make peace with fascists. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Everything You Need To Know About The Georgia Runoff Elections. By Nina Golgowski / HuffPost
Stacey Abrams Has Priceless Reaction To Republican Claims They Won Georgia. By Ed Mazza / HuffPost
Asian Americans voted for Biden 63% to 31%, but the reality is more complex. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Beyond the Ivy Leagues: How HBCUs have groomed prominent politicians like the vice president-elect. By Randi Richardson / NBC News
Disinvested: How Government and Private Industry Let the Main Street of a Black Neighborhood Crumble. By Tony Briscoe, Haru Coryne and Mick Dumke / Propublica
Minneapolis Clinic Narrows Racial Gaps In Health With Community Engagement. By Yuki Noguchi / NPR
Republicans and Democrats Agree: End the War on Drugs. By Nicholas Kristof / NYT
Naval Academy names its first Black female brigade commander. By Lauren Lumpkin / Wash Post
A dodgy deal helped make him a billionaire. It worked, until now. By Peter Worriskey, Yeganeh Torbati and Keith L. Alexander / Wash Post
GI Bill opened doors to college for many vets, but politicians created a separate one for Blacks. Joseph Thompson / The Conversation
Alexander Hamilton, Enslaver? New Research Says Yes. By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
Virginia attorney general asks court to let Northam remove Lee statue in Richmond. By Patricia Sullivan / Wash Post
National Native American Veterans Memorial: New Monument Opens On National Mall. By Quil Lawrence / NPR
Miss USA 2020 is the first Black woman to represent Mississippi. By Scottie Andrew / CNN
Ta-Nehisi Coates The Water Dancer to Be Adapted to Film. By Tonja Renee Stidhum / The Root
Laughter wasn’t the point of Dave Chappelle’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance. By Justin Tinsley / The Undefeated
Sarah Cooper Shares The Big Fear About Her Lip-Syncing Videos Had Donald Trump Won. By Lee Moran / HuffPost
