Haunted by Memories for 100 years – Dan Berry / NYT Video
ELLISVILLE, Miss. — The dark S.U.V. rented for the occasion stopped outside the one-story City Hall. A wheelchair was rolled up to receive a petite…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How the South’s Public Enemy No 1 Climbed Onto the Supreme Court – Annette Gordon-Reed / Wash Post
Our Man In Charleston : Britain’s Secret Agent In The Civil War South – Christopher Dickey
Between the Confederacy and recognition by Great Britain stood one unlikely Englishman who hated the slave trade. His actions helped determine the fate of a…
Ahmed Mohamed is just one example of the bigotry American Muslims face – Linda Sarcour / The Guardian
Ta-Nehisi Coates: “For African Americans, unfreedom is the historical norm ” – Ezra Klein / Vox
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration – Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic
Will the Ferguson Commission’s Final Report Just Collect Dust On a Shelf – Mariah Stewart / Huff Post
How we won, and are losing, the right to vote – John Lewis / Wash Post
Color-Blindness is Counterproductive – Adia Harvey Whitfield / The Atlantic
‘Between the World and Me,’ A Review From Africa – Chris Ogunlowo / Brittle Paper
The Next Genocide – Timothy Snyder / NYT
Teaching Slavery to Reluctant Listeners – Edward E. Baptist / NYT
How Psychiatrist Willaim Grier, dead at 89, predicted BlackLivesMatter with ‘Black Rage’ – Justin Wm. Moyer / Wash Post
Past Voices – William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs on ‘Black Rage’ / KRON News Footage From 1968
KRON News footage from September 2nd 1968 featuring views of William H. Grier & Price M. Cobb walking down Fillmore Street in San Francisco (between McAllister…
Campaign 2016 : The Angry White Man’s last Stand – Charles Ellison / The Root
Why People Are Calling Out Cops For Being Racist in Brazil – Justin Salhami / Thinkprogress
Is There a Black Silent Majority? Kelefa Sanneh / The New Yorker
This Community is Not A White Community – David Noriega / BuzzFeed
A Complex World : History, Religion, Caste and Race in India – Runoko Rashidi / Atlantablackstar
The South African Gandhi: Stretcher-Bearer of Empire – Ashwin Desai and Goolem Vahed
In the pantheon of freedom fighters, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has pride of place. His fame and influence extend far beyond India and are nowhere more…
History Repeats Itself With Backlash Against Black Empowerment – Todd Steven Burroughs / The Root
White Fright: Does Donald Trump represent the ascendency of white nationalism on the American right? Reihan Salam – Slate
Ken Burn’s ‘Civil War’ After Dylann Roof – Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast
The Left’s Attack on Color-Blindness Goes Too Far – Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
70 Classic Black Films Everyone Should See At Least Once – Kelley L. Carter / Buzz Feed
Negroland: A Memoir – Margo Jefferson
At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac—here is a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, and American culture through the prism…
The Truth of ‘Black Lives Matter’ – The Editorial Board / NYT
Yes, One book Can Change Your Life, Even in Prison – Sasha Bronner / Huff Post
One-on-One With Afro-Cubans: What It Means to be Black in Cuba – Henry Louis Gates Jr / The Root
Armed revolution and free breakfast: The extraordinary true story of “The Black Panthers” and how they shaped our era – Andrew O’Hehir / Salon
The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools -Karen Heller / Wash Post
Race Baiting 101 – Matthew Cook / You Tube
Race Baiting 101 is a short documentary that obliterates conservatives and exposes real race baiters. We have all seen comment threads, headlines, and news scrawls…