Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Can Mike Espy Make History, Again? By Charles M. Blow / NYT
California was a free state. But there was still slavery. Now reparations are on the table. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Alabama’s governor apologizes to survivor of 1963 Klan bombing of Birmingham church. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Black Gun Ownership Surges Amid 2020 Racial Tensions. By Madison J. Gray / BET News
Student Discipline Rates Show Black Girls Are Disproportionally At Risk. By Erica L. Green, Mark Walker and Eliza Shapiro / NYT
On Long Island, a Beachfront Haven for Black Families. By Sandra E. Garcia / NYT
Nobel Prizes have a diversity problem even worse than the scientific fields they honor. By Marc Zimmer / The Conversation
Red, White and Blue Review: John Boyega Gives Career-Best Performance. By Eric Kohn / IndieWire
Samuel L. Jackson Talks New Docuseries on African Slave Trade, Explains Why Examining Sunken Slave Ships Is Important. By Daryl Nelson / Atlanta Black Star
The Special Place Where Ella Fitzgerald Comes Alive. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
Remembering Wilma Rudolph, the “Queen of the Olympics.” By Scott N. Brooks & Aram Goudsouzian / AAIHS
Why Black Athletes’ Political Activism Matters. By Christopher C. Towler, Nyron N. Crawford and Robert A Bennett III. / Politico
Adam Silver addresses NBA’s efforts toward diversity among coaches and social justice. By Marc J. Spears / The Undefeated
American History Is Getting Whitewashed, Again. By Kali Holloway / The Nation
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 8) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The origins of policing in America. Wash Post Video
Demographic shifts since 2016 could be enough to defeat Trump. But it’s complicated. By David Wasserman / NBC News
The Rev. Al Sharpton discusses why it is imperative to ‘Rise Up’ in this moment. By Jonathan Capehart / Cape Up Podcast – Wash Post
Poll shows Warnock leading in Georgia special Senate election. By Zack Budryk / The Hill
The Obama Justice Department Had a Plan to Hold Police Accountable for Abuses. The Trump DOJ Has Undermined It. By Robert Faturechi / Propublica
Kids’ perceptions of police fall as they age – for Black children the decline starts earlier and is constant. By Kathleen Padilia and Adam Fine / The Conversation
Breonna Taylor’s death: How a 26-year-old Black woman was killed by police. By NBC Video
Black Appalachians find hope in national reckoning on race. By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn / ABC News
Amid the Monument Wars, a Rally for ‘More History.’ By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
What America owes: How reparations would look and who would pay. Samara Lynn and Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News
L.A. Times apology during a season of reflection. By The Times Editorial Board
THE FIRSTS: The children who desegregated America. A Special project from The Atlantic.
