The Family Tree: A Lynching in Georgia, a Legacy of Secrets, and My Search for the Truth by Karen Branan
In the tradition of Slaves in the Family, the provocative true account of the hanging of four black people by a white lynch mob in…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Past Voices – A Blues for Albert Murray (1916 – 2013) – Thomas Chatterton Williams / The Nation
The name Albert Murray was never household familiar. Yet he was one of the truly original minds of 20th-century American letters. Murray, who died in…
This is how fascism comes to America – Robert Kagan / Wash Post
Here’s What You Should Know About The State Of Black America – Lilly Workneh / Huff Post
Make America Great Again for the People It Was Great for Already – Bryce Covert / NYT
Trump’s Asymmetric Warfare – Charles M. Blow / Wash Post
Black And Latino Students Lose Out To White Peers. And It’s Getting Worse – Rebecca Klein / Huff Post
120 Years After the Plessy Decision, Has Jim Crow Segregation Ended or Evolved? David Love – AtlBlackStar
Court Orders Mississippi Town To Desegregate Schools – Emma Brown / Wash Post
Roots: Official Trailer | Premieres Memorial Day 2016 | History / You Tube
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA. — Cannons boomed, shaking the leaves off 50-foot trees. “Ready, I need fire on that hill!” an urgent voice yelled. Weapons were…
The invisible tax on teachers of color – U.S. Secretary of Education John King / Wash Post
America’s Cult of Ignorance Is No Match for Asia’s Cult of Intelligence – John W. Traphagan / The World Post
Has South Africa Lost Its Way? The ANC’s Unfulfilled Promise – Jessica Piombo and Cherrel Africa / Foreign Affairs
South Africa is in the middle of a period of political and economic unrest unlike anything the country has experienced since the end of apartheid…
Appetite for destruction: White America’s death wish is the source of Trump’s hidden support – Andrew O’Hehir / Salon
Collegiate Voices – Poet Perfectly Explains The Struggles Black Women Face At PWIs – Taryn Finley / Huff Post
There are 10 guaranteed things that black women who attend predominantly white institutions (PWIs) for college experience, according to poet Kwyn Townsend Riley. View the…
Past Voices – Pride and Prejudice: The Early History of African Americans in Medicine by Russell W. Irvine
Travis J.A. Johnson, a member of the Class of 1908, is widely hailed as the first black graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons…
Part 2: Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Joins with Pastor to Achieve Criminal Justice Reform
Kenneth Glasgow pastor and founder and national president of The Ordinary People’s Society (TOPS), a faith-based organization focusing on criminal justice reform and rehabilitation of…
Collegiate Voices – Clemson Students End 9-Day Sit-In – Josh Logue / Inside Higher Ed
Students at Clemson University ended a nine-day sit-in outside Sikes Hall with chants, fists raised, speeches and a standing ovation from a crowd of supporters. Theirs…
Today’s teens are more skeptical that racism will go away than teens in 1966 – Victoria M. Massie / Vox
One of the Most Racially Divided States in the Country Just Passed a New Voter-ID Bill – Ari Berman / The Nation
How psychologists used these doctored Obama photos to get white people to support conservative politics – Max Ehrenfreund / Wash Post
We didn’t need to drop the bomb — and even our WW II military icons knew it – Gar Alperovitz / Salon
Prison slavery’: Alabama inmates strike over awful conditions, unpaid work – Stephen Lamb / RT
Alabama Prison Strike Organizer Speaks from Behind Bars / Democracy Now
“We are engaged in a struggle for our lives.” Kinetik Justice co-founder of the Free Alabama Movement. He is currently serving his 28th month in…
Autism Research’s Overlooked Racial Bias – Amy Yee / The Atlantic
The one thing rich parents do for their kids that makes all the difference – Emily Badger / Wash Post
What Young Men Of Color Can Teach Us About The Achievement Gap – Elissa Nadworny / NPR
Racism by Any Other Name – Vann R. NewKirk / The Atlantic
Terms such as “racial conflict” fail to describe the challenge Obama faced, or the resentment that has powered Trump’s rise. Read more and view the…
Ex-Cop Facing Federal Civil Rights Charges For Fatally Shooting Man In The Back – Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed
How to get justice in civil rights cold cases – Aditya Shah / Politico
Entitled, racist, bigoted, thugs: It is time to call Donald Trump supporters by their real names – Chauncey Devega / Salon
