Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Legalize Black History. By Jesse Hagopian / The Progressive
A look into the history of the Black men who built the US Capitol, Tidal Basin and beyond. By Carl Willis / News 4
The South Has Got Something To Say. By Jared Anthony Loggins / Dissent Magazine
An Extraordinary Memoir of a Black American Boyhood. By Bryan Washington / NYT
15 Gangsta Things About Bumpy Johnson, The Real Godfather of Harlem. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
Brittney Griner Will Return to W.N.B.A. By Jonathan Abrams / NYT
How apartheid, European racism and Pelé helped cultivate a culture of diversity in US soccer that endures into the MLS. By John M. Sloop / The Conversation
Where Are All the Black Women in Sports Journalism? By Angela Johnson / The Root
National Divorce Is More Popular Than You Think. By Bonnie Kristan / The Daily Beast
Race Inquiry Digest (Mar 2) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Historians shine light on lesser-known Black History at Bacon’s Castle in Surry County. By Jessica Larche / WTKR
Tiger Woods Is Back. He’s Still a Work in Progress. By Alan Blinder / NYT
Howard University’s All-Black Swim Team Makes The Cover Of Sports Illustrated, A First For The Magazine. By Stephanie Holland / The Root
Eric Bieniemy going to Washington Commanders is embarrassing for NFL By Mike Freeman / USA Today
Marvin Gaye’s iconic NBA All-Star Game national anthem: ‘He turned that thing into his own.’ David Aldridge and Marcus Thompson II / The Atheletic
Black Music Sunday: On President’s Day, Lester Young will always be ‘The Prez’ of jazz. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
73 years after winning first ‘Top Gun’ competition, Black pilots are honored. By Dave Kindy / Wash Post
Inside the project to honor Japanese-American history. By Emilie Ikeda / Today
Racism denied Auburn’s first Black student a master’s degree. Then, at 86, he returned. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
‘Ax Handle Saturday’: The Klan’s vicious attack on Black protesters in Florida 60 years ago. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
The ‘Mississippi Plan’ to keep Blacks from voting in 1890: ‘We came here to exclude the Negro.’ By Ronald G. Shafer / Wash Post
From ‘Birth of a Nation’ to ‘Till’: Confronting Racism in the White House Screening Room. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs / NYT
George Washington, Slavery, and Farming. By Rebecca Dudley / AAIHS
Racism takes a toll on the brain, research shows. By Richard Sima / Wash Post
More Black Families Are Considering Home-Schooling — And It Shouldn’t Be A Shock As To Why. By Sage Howard / HuffPost
UFOs and CRT: Republicans are in a constant state of panic about the “other.” By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Nikki Haley removed the Confederate flag. She sounds different as a candidate. By Dan Balz / Wash Post
