Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
This scrupulous biography of Robert E. Lee is exactly what the country needs. By George Will / Wash Post
Bryan Stevenson, Legacy Museum founder, on American enslavement and modern-day incarceration. By Jamil Smith / Vox
Monument honoring indigenous women to replace Columbus statue in Mexico City. By AP and NPR
Mary McLeod Bethune statue to replace Confederate general in Capitol. By Eileen Zaffiro-Kean / USA Today
Black Women, Self-Making, and Liberty. By Ashley Everson / AAIHS
Tanzanian Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah Awarded Nobel Prize In Literature for ‘Uncompromising’ Novels on the Impact of Colonialism. By Angelina Valesquez / Atlanta Black Star
Timuel Black Jr., historian and civil rights activist, dies at 102. By Grace Hauck and Javonte Anderson / USA Today
Rolling Stones Pulling Brown Sugar from Concerts for Lyrics on Slavery. By Vanessa Etienne / People
DeMaurice Smith opens up on Jon Gruden, racism in the NFL. By Mike Jones / USA Today
Jack Johnson and Africa: Boxing and Race in Colonial Africa.By Abraham Tapiwa Seda / AAIHS
In Atlanta and Milwaukee, a season without Hank Aaron leaves ‘a void.’ By Michael Lee / Wash Post
Nets say Kyrie Irving is ineligible to play amid drama over his vaccination status. By Scott Neuman / NPR
White America’s “hidden wound” threatens to destroy the country — and not for the first time. Kirk Swearingen / Salon
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 18) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured How I Learned That Jesus Is Black. By Dante’ Stewart / NYT (Print by Stanley Rayfield)
A New Confederacy: Trump and the Republicans have already seceded. By Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon
Can America Reform Policing and Fight Crime at the Same Time? By Charles M. Blow / NYT
‘Echoes of the Past’: Study Points to Redlining as a Factor in Premature Birth, Maternal Health. By Joseph P. Williams / US news
When It Costs $53,000 to Vote. by Jesse Wegman / NYT
Justice Department won’t charge officer who shot Jacob Blake. By Victoria Albert / CBS News
A slavery petition was the latest racist incident at this school. Parents and lawmakers are fed up. By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Linh Tran / CNN
California becomes first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation. By Meryl Kornfield / Wash Post
New York City to Phase Out Its Gifted and Talented Program. By Eliza Shapiro / NYT
A Safe Space’: Black Pastors Promote Vaccinations from the Pulpit. By Liam Stack / NYT
Ozy Shows That Serious Black Media Needs a New Business Model. By Lauren Williams / NYT
Why white students are far more likely to graduate than Black students at public universities. By Olivia Sanchez / NBC News
“Until I Am Free”: Keisha Blain on the Enduring Legacy of Voting Rights Pioneer Fannie Lou Hamer. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
