Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Past Voices – The Speech That Defined the Fight for Voting Rights in Congress – Jim Rutenberg / NYT
Fifty years ago today, on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which effectively ended centuries of black disenfranchisement by…
Black Lives Matter Has Become a Global Movement – Janaya Khan / The Root
In The End ….No One Really Cared – Suzy Khimn / New Republic
Black and Unarmed – Sandhya Somashekhar, Wesley Lowery and Keith Alexander / Wash Post
Are We in The Midst of a New Civil Rights Era ? – Rebecca Onion / Slate
AP Poll: Over Half of Black Americans Say Police Have Treated Them Unfairly – Jesse J. Holland / TPM
Ferguson’s Legacy: For Blacks, empowerment amid sense of injustice – Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor
A man elected before his time in Miss. gives politics one more go – Scott Rodd / Wash Post
Between Pain and Despair : What Ta-Nehisi Coates is Missing – Melvin L. Rogers / Dissent
Lifting the burden of race: What an Obama led commission could learn from Clinton’s failed One American Initiative on Race – Carol V.R. George / Salon
Possibilities : A Search For Personal Liberation – Ronald J. Sheehy
In this soul-searching memoir, Possibilities: A Search for Personal Liberation, Dr. Ronald J. Sheehy, highly respected scientist, teacher and educator, unlocks the door to personal…
Are You Haitian? Greg Grandin / The Nation
White Flight Never Ended – Alana Semuels / The Atlantic
Jazz Heavyweight Terence Blanchard Won’t Turn a Blind Eye – Jacob Blickenstaff / Mother Jones
How Germany dealt with its symbols of hate – Matthew Schofield / Sunherald
Thanks to the Supreme Court Traffic Stops Can Become a Gamble of Life and Death – Charles D. Ellison / The Root
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ brilliant inspiration: Remembering James Baldwin’s influence on his 91st birthday – Amy Kittelstrom / Salon
How Slavery’s Legacy Affects the Mental Health of Black Americans – Alma Carten / The New Republic
The Shooting of Charles Dubose – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Obama just gave one of his most important speeches in office – and hardly anyone noticed – Amanda Taub / Vox
Are Americans More Pessimistic About Race – or More Realistic – David A. Graham / The Atlantic
A Dream Undone (Inside the Campaign to Roll Back the Voting Rights Act) – Jim Rutenberg / NYT
Race – The Power of an Illusion – Sarah Schroeder / You Tube
Race – The Power of an Illusion The You Tube video is an introduction to the larger series. An eye-opening three-part series confronting our…
White people have a race – but everyone flips out when we talk about it – Jenee Desmond Harris / Vox
Obama’s Trip to Africa Changes a Narrative – Editorial Board / Christian Science Monitor
How Did Driving While Black Turn Deadly for Sandra Bland – Dan McClain / The Nation
Dylann Roof Wasn’t Charged With Terrorism Because He’s White – Julia Craven / NYT
Let’s Stop Using “White” and “Black” to Describe European-Americans and African-Americans : Here Are The Reasons Why – Ronald J Sheehy
The idea and practice of using skin color to categorize human beings has outlived its usefulness. Our visual observations are that there are few individuals…
Study: White people see Black Americans As Less Competent than “African-Americans” – German Lopez / Vox
Structural Racism Needs to Be a Presidential Campaign Issue – Jamil Smith / New Republic
