The Cross And The Lynching Tree – James H. Cone
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful work, theologian…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Alabama, Birthplace of the Voting Rights Act, is Once Again Gutting Voting Rights – Ari Berman / The Nation
The Data Are Damning: How Race Influences School Funding – Gillian B. White / The Atlantic
Slavery Myths Debunked – Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion / Slate
Has recognition that ‘black’ and brilliant coexist finally arrived – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
The Slave-State Origins of Modern Gun Control – Saul Cornell and Eric M. Rubens / The Atlantic
Justice after Injustice : What happens after a wrongly convicted person is exonerated – Lara Bazelon / Slate
Picking Cotton – Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton and Erin Torneo
Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. She was able to escape, and eventually positively…
Senator Warren’s Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States – A Powerful Affirmation That ‘Black Lives Matter’
Senator Elizabeth Warren Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate September 27, 2015 ***As Prepared for Delivery*** and See Video…
Race Inquiry – Devoted to Inquires About Race in America and the World
Do you have time to read daily over 30 news sources, including the Washington Post and the New York Times ? For the most current…
Prison Kids: join the fight Against the Mass Incarceration of Our Youth – The Root Staff / The Root
Our forgotten slavery horror: The shameful, untold history of America and the Cuban slave trade – Stephen Chambers / Salon
President Jimmy Carter: I Was The Only White Child In The Neighborhood – OWN / Huff Post
An Ohio town where races have mixed freely for more than 200 years – Kevin Williams / Wash Post
After Charleston: Recovery and Resistance since the Emanuel Nine – David Remnick / The New Yorker
Barack Obama just gave the most important racial justice speech of his presidency – Brittney Cooper / Salon
Government policies based on racist myths help dissolve black families – Syreeta McFadden / The Guardian
Race Is Always The Issue – Tressie McMillan Cotton / The Atlantic
Study Explains Why Ben Carson Won’t Help The Republican Party Win Black Voters – Kira lerner / thinkprogress
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America – Wil Haygood
Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to…
What Happened to German America ? – Erik Kirschbaum / NYT
How The Constitution Was Indeed Pro-Slavery – David Waldstreicher / The Atlantic
Prison versus Harvard in an Unlikely Debate – Leslie Brody / Wall St Journal
How to be white and happy in South Africa – Jonathan Jansen (Vice Chancellor of University of the Free State / Rand Daily Mail
The Number of Black Teachers Has Fallen in 9 Major Cities – Casey Quinlan / Thinkprogress
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…
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
