Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
2020 Could Be A Breakthrough Year For Black Senate Candidates. By Amanda Terkel and Kevin Robillard / HuffPost
Making Amends for a Massacre: The Story of Rosewood’s Path to Reparations—And What America Can Learn From It. By Victor Luckerson / Time
They feared ‘becoming the next hashtag.’ So these Black Americans went to live abroad. By NBC News Video
Making Black banks matter. By Jen Wieczner / Fortune
Regina King Wins Emmy For ‘Watchmen’ While Wearing Shirt Honoring Breonna Taylor. By Cole Delbyck / HuffPost
The Kansas City Chiefs game will be played on a field that says ‘End Racism.’ So why don’t they? By Simon Moya-Smith / NBC News
Black athletes were exhausted with bearing the dead on their shoulders. By Roger Reeves / The Undefeated
Michael Jordan hires Bubba Wallace to drive for new NASCAR team. By Steve Gardner / USA Today
Freedom Day, 1963: A Lost Interview with James Baldwin. By Fern Marjo Eckman / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (Sept 28) – Important Current Stories On Race In Ameica
Featured – The Relentlessness of Black Grief. By Marissa Evans / The Atlantic
Trump Calls Howard Zinn’s Work “Propaganda.” Hear the Legendary Historian in His Own Words. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Landmark commission begins tackling ‘unconfronted truth’ of racially motivated lynchings in Md. By Ovetta Wiggins / Wash Post
University in Former Confederate Capital City Will Remove all Confederate Names, Symbols From Campus. By Jacob Jarvis / Newsweek
Watch How James Baldwin Confronted Civil-Rights History. New Yorker Video
Birmingham church bombing survivor asks Alabama’s governor for restitution. By Scottie Andrews / CNN
Senators seek highest civilian honor for Emmett Till and his mother. By Associate Press / NBC News
Mail ballots cast by Black voters in North Carolina rejected 4 times more than white voters: report. By Brad Reed / Salon
Asian American voters support Biden at 54% and Trump at 30%, but numbers don’t tell full story. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Jaime Harrison raises $1 million overnight after new survey shows him tied with Lindsey Graham. By Matthew Chapman / Salon
Blacks, Latinos And Native Americans Bear Heaviest Financial Burden Of Pandemic. By Rhitu Chatterjee / NPR
Treasury Department investigating allegations of “rampant racism” at US Mint: report. By Tom Boggioni / Salon
Forced Sterilization of Women of Color Is an American Tradition. By Natasha Lennard / The Intercept
Police Power and the Election of Newark’s First Black Mayor. By Andrew Grimm / AAIHS
Study: Black Americans don’t see representation in movies and TV. By Bryan Alexander / USA Today
Idris Elba drama “Concrete Cowboy” brings audience along for a crowd-pleasing ride. By Gary M. Kramer / Salon
Dak Prescott is embracing his platform to encourage change. By Jean-Jacques Taylor / The Undefeated
