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,…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
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…
A Wrenching Decision Where Black History and Floods Intertwine – Jess Bidgood / NYT
How Black Lives Matter Went Global – Susie Armitage / Buzz Feed
2016 was the year Black Lives Matter went truly global. The US-born movement has spread as far as Brazil, South Africa, and Australia, where activists…
How Democrats Must Fight the Confirmation of Jeff Sessions – Sherrilyn Ifill / New Republic
What Ben Carson Should Learn About Housing Segregation – Richard Rothstein / Bill Moyers and Company
Barack Obama Says He ‘Absolutely’ Faced Racism In Office – Haley Miller / CNN
What does it take to get a police officer punished for killing an unarmed black man? Eugene Robinson / Wash Post
Watch the video. Walter Scott, unarmed and slow of foot, tries to run away. Police officer Michael Slager calmly fires five rounds into Scott’s back….
John Legend: An Open Letter to Barack Obama on Non-Violent Drug Offenders / Rolling Stone
A strong economic message can overcome white identity politics – Ian Reifowitz / Daily Kos
Political Divide on Campuses Hardens After Trump’s Victory – Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
The Struggle and Triumph of America’s First Black Doctors -Karen Jordan / The Atlantic
African American physicians have dealt with distrust and misperceptions for more than a century. Around 1906, a young boy in Atlanta was stricken with a…
‘Hidden Figures’: The Movie Trump’s America Needs to See – Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast
A spotlight on the three black women who did the math that put Americans in space, Hidden Figures tackles race, equity, opportunity, and acceptance in eerily…
White Nationalist Rhetoric : Real or Imaginary – Tim Wise / Alternet
So now we know: White nationalists have been working more on their wardrobes than on tightening up the rhetoric and logic they use to defend…
The Link Between Race and Solitary Confinement – Juleyka Lantigua-Williams / The Atlantic
Trevor Noah Still Doesn’t Get It – Tomi Obaro / Buzz Feed
American democracy can die and ignorance will slay it – Brando Simeo Starkey / The Undefeated
Think back to the 2008 or 2012 presidential campaigns. Now pretend we discovered President Barack Obama’s voters of color had been endlessly sharing obviously apocryphal…