Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Ta-Nihisi Coates on Obama, atheism, and becoming the guy “white people read to show they know something” – Ezra Klein / Vox
Watch an Amazing Talk by an African American Astrophysicist – Dr. Jedidah Isler / Ted Talks
Jedidah Isler dreamt of becoming an astrophysicist since she was a young girl, but the odds were against her: At that time, only 18 black…
Insurance Policies on Slaves: New York life’s Complicated Past – Rachel L. Swarns / NYT
In Case You Forgot, This Is What The North’s Fight For Civil Rights Looked Like – Katherine Brooks / Huff Post
To some, the fight for civil rights in America is an important, but distant, memory. According to history books, the struggle to end racial segregation…
Watch Harrowing Trailer for Jay Z-Produced ‘TIME: The Kalief Browder Story’ – Kory Grow / Rolling Stone
A new trailer for a docuseries about a Bronx teenager, Kalief Browder, who was jailed for three years and spent two of them in solitary…
What Donald Trump Doesn’t Know About Black People – Michael Eric Dyson / NYT
In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell – Grace Dolan-Sandrino and Zahri Jackson / The Nation
In the fight for racial justice on campus, 2016 stands in the shadow of 2015. Last November, black students took American higher education by storm—raining…
Texas campus tense with incidents since Donald Trump election – Rick Jervis / USA Today
Black And White Americans View Historical Events Very Differently – Erin Schumaker / Huff Post
Abraham Lincoln Defended a Man Who Refused To Be Called ‘Negro’ – Ava Gabrielle / Huff Post
Brothers in White Resentment: Donald Trump and Dylann Roof – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Unequal Sentences for Blacks and Whites – The Editorial Board / NYT
Rev. Barber: We Have Convicted White Supremacist Dylann Roof But America is Still Guilty / Democracy Now
In Charleston, South Carolina, a jury has found Dylann Roof guilty on 33 counts of federal hate crimes for murdering nine black worshipers, including Pastor…
The Charleston Story: A Knotted Mix Of Race, Grace And Injustice – Gene Demby / NPR
Faith and race play big roles in the history of Charleston. In the stories the city tells itself about itself, Charleston joyfully celebrates the former,…
Why We Need a National Monument to Reconstruction – Gregory P. Downs, Eric Foner and Kate Masur / NYT
Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” as a Parable of Our Time – Clint Smith / The New Yorker
Born of slavery, the Electoral College could stand against racism in 2016 — and stop Donald Trump – Chauncey Devega / Salon
The dark history of how false balance journalism enabled lynching – Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress
My President Was Black : A history of the first African American White House—and of what came next – Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic
I. “Love Will Make You Do Wrong” In the waning days of President Barack Obama’s administration, he and his wife, Michelle, hosted a farewell party,…
How Michelle Obama became a singular American voice – Peter Slevin / Wash Post
Three weeks after Inauguration Day in 2009 and still a long way from crafting an agenda, Michelle Obama climbed into her motorcade and paid a…
The Designation “White People” is a Historical Fabrication – Ronald J. Sheehy / Race Inquiry
By delegitimizing the term “white,’ as in white people, or white race, we diminish the use of white identity as an organizing principle that influences “whites” to further their societal domination. Given the…
Alabama Prosecutor Sets the Penalties and Fills the Coffers – Shaila Dewan and Andrew W. Lehren / NYT
The Problem With Obama’s Faith in White America – Tressie McMillan Cotton / The Atlantic
Arthur Ash took the burden of race and wore it as a cloak of dignity – Rhiannon Walker / The Undefeated
How fake news led Dylann Roof to murder nine people -Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Have you heard the story about the Democratic National Committee hiring actors to disrupt Donald Trump’s rallies? What about President Barack Obama pulling $2.6 billion…
The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken by Wendell Pierce
2016 Christopher Award Winner From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of…
