Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
USDA Secretary Vilsack Hopes To Boost Number Of Black Farmers. By Michel Martin and James Doubek / NPR
An Honest History of Texas Begins and Ends With White Supremacy. By Cassey Michel / The New Republic
A push to save landmarks of the ‘Great Migration’ — and better understand today’s racial inequities. By Mark Guarino / Wash Post
The lynching that Black Chattanooga never forgot takes center stage downtown. By Chris Moody / Wash Post
The Forgotten History of America’s Worst Racial Massacre. By Nan Elizabeth Woodruff / NYT
Army continues to honor Confederate unit histories, even as base names draw scrutiny. By Alex Horton / Wash Post
2021 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History. By AAIHS Editors
Genre-busting musician Michael Kiwanuka on setting himself apart – CBS News
How Can Blackness Construct America? By Michael Kimmelman /NYT
Spike Lee Predicts the Future. By Kara Swisher / NYT
Marvin Hagler helped boxing soar in the 1980s, and nothing topped his epic TKO of Thomas Hearns. By Gene Wang / Wash Post
University of Texas “Eyes of Texas” controversy: The Constitution and Supreme Court have a say. By Tyler Valeska / Slate
J.G. Taylor Spink’s racist baseball legacy lasted years but truth won. By Chris Lamb / USA Today
Harry Breaks Free From the Racial Contract—and Pays the Price. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Inside the Biden Administration’s Battle Against Extremism. By Vera Bergengruen and W.J. Hennigan / Time
Stacey Abrams Has a Plan to Dismantle the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights. By Ari Berman / Mother Jones
What Is Happening to the Republicans? By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
How Biden is betting on Buttigieg to drive a new era of racial equity. By Sam Mintz / Politico
The Capitol attack: White supremacist terrorism meets evangelical Christianity. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Declare Racism a Public Health Emergency. By Abdullah Shihipar / NYT
A Trial Can’t Bring Justice for George Floyd. By Melissa Gira Grant / The New Republic
How the Pentagon is campaigning against white extremism in its ranks. By David Ignatius / Wash Post
The New Florida Voucher Bills Are a ‘Death Knell’ for Public Education. By Kathleen Oropeza / The Progressive
NAACP chief on the lawsuit against Trump: “We have to cut the head off white supremacy”. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Lawsuit Challenging N.Y.C. School Segregation Targets Gifted Programs. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
Racial slurs at VMI ‘a common experience’ for Black cadets, investigators told. By Ian Shapira / Wash Post
