Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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
Republicans are out to create the rigged voting system they claim to be victims of. By Lawrence Douglas / The Guardian
Voter Suppression Must Be the Central Issue. By Charles M. Blow / NYT
Abrams’ Voting Rights Group Unveils Effort To Mobilize Millions Of Young Voters Of Color. By Nick Visser / HuffPost
Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild on the Trump demographic: “Elite of the left behind.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Russell Moore delivers an unflinching indictment of the Southern Baptist Convention. By Kathleen Parker / Wash Post
How Kids Perceive Racism in the U.S., According to a New Study by Sesame Workshop. By Cady Lang / Yahoo News
The Racial Reckoning That Wasn’t. By Gene Demby, Shereen Marisol Meraji, Leah Donella, Steve Drummond, Brianna Scott and Alyssa Jeong Perry / NPR Podcast
Ron DeSantis Touts Education to Fight Antisemitism as Florida Seeks to Ban Critical Race Theory. By Daniel Villarreal / Newsweek
Virginia Will Have A Woman Of Color As Lieutenant Governor. By Daniel Marans /HuffPost
Top Biden Energy Nominee Testifies About How Minorities Are Harmed By U.S. Policy. By Ja’han Jones / HuffPost
Black female professors voice solidarity with journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones in UNC tenure showdown. By Nick Anderson and Joe Heim / Wash Post
Black appraisers call out industry’s racial bias and need for systemic change. By Safia Samee Ali / NBC News
America’s Lingering Problem With School Segregation. By Lauren Camera / U.S. News
As a Black woman, I was told not to pursue a career in medicine. The path must be easier for others. By Andria E. Tatem / Wash Post
Not far from Tulsa, a quieter but consequential correction of the historical record. By Charles Lane / Wash Post
