Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 21) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Why Juneteenth Matters. It was black Americans who delivered on Lincoln’s promise of “a new birth of freedom.” By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
The Myth of a Majority-Minority America. By Richard Alba, Morris Levy, and Dowell Myers / The Atlantic
The White Right to Bear Arms. A review of “The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America.” By Emilo Leanza / The Progressive
Attorney general announces actions to protect voting rights. By Clare Hymes and Grace Segers / CBS News
Family of Alton Sterling reaches $4.5 million settlement with Baton Rouge, years after police shooting. By Derek Hawkins / Wash Post
Pulitzer Board Recognizes Darnella Frazier For Recording George Floyd’s Murder. By Joe Hernandez / NPR
The USDA has discriminated against Black farmers for years. Can this legislation bring about change? By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
How Black pastors under 40 are trying to get their peers back into the pews. By Randi Richardson / NBC News
There’s a cure for the root cause of anti-Semitic attacks. By Michael Igel / CNN
Morgan Freeman, professor donate $1 million to police reform center. By AP and USA Today
Meet the astronauts of color before NASA’s Artemis team. By Kristen Rogers / CNN
My grandparents were stolen from their families as children. We must learn about this history. By Deb Haaland / Wash Post
Descendants of Robert E. Lee and enslaved people unite for change. By CBS News
Understanding the Horror of Slavery Is Impossible. But a Simple Cotton Sack Can Bring Us Closer. By Rebecca Onion / Slate
How Interracial Marriage Became Legal In The U.S. By NPR
How Rosenwald schools transformed African-American education in the South. By Erica Davies / CBS News
The Unwritten History of Black Performance. By Kelton Ellis / The Nation
Tenement Museum Makes Room for Black History. By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
The Other Black Girl’ should be at the top of your summer reading list. By Naomi Jackson / Wash Post
How “Kim’s Convenience” went from a beacon of representation to a lesson in racist storytelling. By Kylie Cheung / Salon
Capitol Police Officer Will Throw First Pitch At A Nats Game. By Bill Chappell / NPR
As NBA honors players’ activism, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar urges more action: ‘We’ve got work to do.’ By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
Jim ‘Mudcat’ Grant, first Black pitcher to win 20 games in American League, dies at 85. By Wash Post
Congress Urged To Act As States Start Allowing Outside Cash For Student Athletes. By Tom Goldman / NPR
Critical race theory is a lens. Here are 11 ways looking through it might refine your view of history. By Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 17) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured The Demand of Freedom. The United States’ first civil rights movement. By Kellie Carter Jackson / The Nation
