Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black Resistance from Augusta to BLM. By John Hayes and Nefertiti Robinson / AAIHS
The Victims of the Philadelphia MOVE Bombing Continue to Be Erased. By Heather Ann Thompson / The New Yorker
‘Foot soldiers’ of Birmingham to BLM: ‘Keep on keeping on.’ By Jay Reeves / AP and ABC News
The Underground Railroad review: A towering miniseries. By Emily VanDerWerf /Vox
Memories of Kobe Bryant dominate Basketball Hall of Fame inductions. By Ben Golliver / Wash Post
No Smile, No Trash Talk’: Behind Tim Duncan’s Quiet Excellence. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
Kevin Garnett’s Prep-to-Pros Jump Changed the N.B.A. By Sopan Deb / NYT
Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias. By Matyclaire Dale and Michelle R. Smith / AP News
Seth Curry’s custom kicks promote a wine label dedicated to social change. By Nick Depaula / The Undefeated
How to lose America: The death of democracy looks nearer than ever. By Elayne Clift / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (May 20) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Let’s pause to mark ‘Brown v. Board of Education’ — and its lessons for our time. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Former RNC Chair Agrees GOP Is One Of The World’s Largest Anti-Democracy Forces. By Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost
Voting Rights Bill Creeps Closer To The Senate Floor, But Now Comes The Hard Part For Dems. By Tierney Sneed / TPM
Texas GOP Passes Bill To Stop Teachers From Talking About Racism. By Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost
Prosecutor to seek hate-crime charges against White man accused in Atlanta-area spa killings. By Hannah Knowles and Haisten Willis / Wash Post
Rush of Arkansas executions that included Ledell Lee’s comes under renewed scrutiny. By Erik Ortiz / NBC News
CIA critics are creating a false choice between diversity and excellence. By Susan M. Gordon / Wash Post
America is having a Black Renaissance. We should learn from it. By Perry Bacon Jr. / Wash Post
Bloomberg Gives $150 Million to Help Universities Diversify STEM Doctorates. By Azi Paybarah / NYT
Suicide Among Black Girls Is a Hidden Mental Health Crisis. By Kyra Aurelia Alessandrini / Time
This New Coalition Wants To Close The Opportunity Gap For Black-Owned Startups. By Brianne Garrett / Forbes
We saddled up to make sure Native Americans got to vote. By Allie Young / CNN
You Must Work or Die: The Long History of “Worker Shortages.” By Jan Schwarz / The Intercept
The Fight to Preserve Greenwood. By Caleb Gayle / The Atlantic
Why Does the Myth of the Confederate Lost Cause Persist? By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
What slavery reparations from the federal government could look like. By P.R. Lockhart / NBC News
