Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Alabama community rallies in support of a Black author after school district cancels Black History Month event. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
Viola Davis Just Became An EGOT Winner. By Taryn Finley / HuffPost
Beyoncé Makes History at a Star-Powered Grammy Ceremony. By Ben Sisario / NYT
What the sports world says about LeBron James, NBA’s new scoring leader: ‘An iconic figure.’ By The Athletic Staff
A Milestone for Black N.F.L. Hires, but Not on the Sidelines. By Emmanuel Morgan / NYT
Kyrie Irving Says He Wants to Change His Narrative in Dallas. By Scott Cacciola / NYT
‘MLB The Show 23’ introduces new game mode featuring Negro League legends. By Scott Allen / Wash Post
Believe It: A DeSantis Presidency Could Be Even Worse Than Trump. By Bryan Tannehill / The New Republic
Race Inquiry Digest (Feb 13) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured ‘The Americans Got Together and Decided to Drown You in the River.’ By Danny Cherry Jr. / Politico
Outrage follows Florida college presidents’ statement on CRT. By Sara Weissman / Inside Higher Ed.
The complex simplicity of Black cops and white supremacy. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Black caucus presses Biden to use the bully pulpit to push for police reform. By Eugene Daniels / Politico
Republicans Remove Ilhan Omar From House Foreign Affairs Committee. By Arthur Delaney / HuffPost
She Took On Atlanta’s Gangs. Now She May Be Coming for Trump. By Mark Binelli / NYT
The city left behind in Mississippi’s welfare scandal. By Matenzie Johnson / Andscape
Native Americans have experienced a dramatic decline in life expectancy during the COVID-19 pandemic – but the drop has been in the making for generations. By Allison Kelliher / The Conversation
Study: Racial disparities can affect brain development in Black children. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
Ida B. Wells Society relocates from UNC-Chapel Hill to Morehouse College. By Joe Killian / The Pulse
Biden tells dueling prayer breakfasts that ‘diversity is one of our greatest strengths.’ By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News
A brief history of the Black church’s diversity, and its vital role in American political history. By Jason Oliver Evans / The Conversation
Professor digs into history of Mercy sister’s boarding school for Native children. By Joyce Meyer / Global Sisters Report
Seeing Color Matters in Black History. By Terence Lester / Christianity Today
Slavery in Appalachia: The untold stories of Black Appalachian history. By Janay Reece / Wdbj7
The Rosa Parks of D.C. By David A. Taylore / Wash Post
The painful, cutting and brilliant letters Black people wrote to their former enslavers. By Gillian Brodkwell / Wash Post
Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that’s still shaping American politics. By Julian Maxwell Hayter / The Conversation
