Race Inquiry Digest (Aug 14) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Why an Unremarkable Racist Enjoyed the Backing of Billionaires. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT – Image The Racket
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida’s New Standards for Black History. By Sarah Mcrvosh / NYT
Alabama lawmakers refuse to create a 2nd majority-Black congressional district. By AP and NPR
A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve. By Aallyah Wright / Capital B
Clarence Thomas accidentally blessed a new type of affirmative action. By Jonathan Zasloff / Slate
Students and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas Colleges. By Eva Surovell / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Fulton County is ready to unveil Trump’s ‘criminal enterprise.’ By Mark Sumner / Daily Kos
Post-Retirement Cognitive Decline Varies by Race and Education – Neuroscience News. By Neuroscience News
Frederick D. Haynes III on succeeding Jesse Jackson, marching and ‘woke preaching.’ By Adelle Banks / RNS
It’s a Christian mandate to create a society where all flourish — SCOTUS keeps undermining it. By Sally Vonner / RNS
Evangelical Colleges Will Continue to Pursue Diversity Without Affirmative Action. By Hannah McClellan / Christianity Today
White Texas couple leads ‘Let’s Talk Race’ class to educate churchgoers. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
John Mercer Langston Paved the Way for Black U.S. Representatives, But Most People Don’t Know It. By Tom Shields / Diverse Issues in Higher Ed
Biden Will Establish A National Monument Honoring Emmett Till, The Black Teen Lynched In Mississippi. By Darlene Superville / HuffPost
‘Rustin’ First Look: Colman Domingo Is Bayard Rustin, the Man Who Turned MLK’s Dream Into a Reality. By Chris Murphy / Vanity Fair
Kimberlé Crenshaw’s New Book “#SayHerName” Released by Haymarket Books.
Activists split over whether reparations should go to Black immigrants. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
John Lewis honored at Morehouse ceremony as stamp goes on sale. By Rahul Ball / WABE
‘Roots’: How the miniseries changed television and American culture. By Sabrina Clay / CNN
Black deaf students to receive high school diplomas 70 years after graduation. By Nicole Chavez and Isabel Yip / CNN
Tony Bennett saw racism and horror in World War II. It changed him. By Dave Kindy / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: 1967’s long, hot summer of rebellion. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
The Diversity Of Barbie: Black Barbie Dolls To Buy Amid Hysteria Over New Movie. By Tatayana Yomary / Newsone
Negro League Seattle Steelheads a brief but essential part of the city’s rich baseball history. By Clinton Yates / Andscape
A deafening silence from Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s Black football players. By Donnell Alexander / Raw Story
‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ documentary tells his Davidson College origin story. By Richard Harris / Andscape
Magic Johnson invests in Washington Commanders to win in NFL. By Chris Bumbaca / USA Today
