Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Black football agents face another hurdle: Convincing White players to sign with them. By Candace Buckner / Wash Post
Kyrie Irving’s conversion to Islam shows his commitment to life beyond basketball. By Khaled A. Beydoun / The Undefeated
After Jackie: Players who followed Robinson to MLB also faced ongoing racism. By Andrew B Distler / The Undefeated
The ‘Mississippi Plan’ to keep Blacks from voting in 1890: ‘We came here to exclude the Negro.’ By Ronald G. Shafer / Wash Post
Race Inquiry Digest (May 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Richard Wright’s Novel About Racist Police Violence Was Rejected in 1941; It Has Just Been Published. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Race Inquiry Digest (May 6) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured How civil rights attorney Ben Crump forged his own path. By AP and NBC News
Biden’s $1.8 trillion American Families Plan ramps up child care, student aid funding, and more. By Anna North and Ella Nilsen / Vox
FBI Opens Probe into Police Killing of Andrew Brown as Autopsy Confirms He Was Shot in Back of Head. By Democracy Now
3 Indicted On Federal Hate Crime Charges In Ahmaud Arbery Death. By Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost
The problems with policing are vast. Ending qualified immunity should be just the start. By Deborah D. Douglas / Wash Post
Newark cops, with reform, didn’t fire a single shot in 2020. By Tom Moran /Star Ledger Editorial Board
Thanks to DeSantis’ fascist policies, civil-rights lawyers have their hands full in Florida. By Fabiola Santiago / Miami Herald
Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access. By Fredreka Schouten / CNN
Gun crazy: For too many Americans, guns are tied to masculinity, patriotism and white power. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Homeland Security Will Assess How It Identifies Extremism in Its Ranks. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs / NYT
Want to Fix the Racial Wealth Gap? Start By Canceling Student Debt. By Sabrina Calazans / The Nation
Her unlikely campaign for governor began at a gravesite in Virginia. By Petula Dvorak / Wash Post
‘Embarrassing Racist’: Native American Orgs Rip Santorum For Claiming There Was ‘Nothing’ Before Colonizers Arrived. By Cristina Cabrera /TPM
Young Black Residents Are Bearing the Brunt of Michigan’s Recent COVID-19 Surge. By Edwin Rios and Sinduja Rangarajan / Mother Jones
The Black Farmer Movement Battling History to Return to the Land. By Molly Schwartz / Mother Jones
Morehouse leaves debate tournament following anti-Black mockery. By Parker Owens / The Undefeated
’The Blinding of Isaac Woodard’: Black World War II veteran fueled civil rights movement. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post/
Georgia park with giant Confederate carving proposes changes. By Sudhin Thanawala / AP and ABC News
Remembering Hubert Harrison, the Father of Harlem Radicalism. By Jeffrey B. Perry / AAIHS
The Craft of John Edgar Wideman. By Elias Rodriques / The Nation
The surprising source Cynthia Erivo found to understand Aretha Franklin. By Yvonne Villarreal / LA Times
