Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
How America Remembers— and Distorts — Its Slavery Past. By Julian Lucas / NYT
Greenwood Rising Links Tulsa’s Tragic History to Today’s Struggles. By Holland Cotter / NYT
Native American tribe in Maine buys back island taken 160 years ago. By Alice Hutton / The Guardian
The Black Hero Behind One of the Greatest Supreme Court Justices. By Peter S. Canellos / Politico
A Florida school board is renaming middle and high schools honoring Confederate leaders. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
Tom Hanks says movies and TV shows must ‘portray the burden of racism.’ By Rob Picheta / CNN
‘In the Heights’ is more than a movie to its cast. It’s a celebration of Latinas throughout history. By Candice Frederick / Wash Post
NFL to halt ‘race-norming,’ review Black claims in $1 billion concussion settlement. By AP and ESPN
African American history museum adds a hockey exhibit, including a statue of Willie O’Ree. By Scott Allen / Wash Post
Simone Biles In Extreme Slow Motion Is Something Else. By Lee Moran /HuffPost
‘Nobody Wants White Kids to Feel Bad About Their Race.’ By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Race Inquiry Digest (Jun 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Analysis: Obama and Trump intensify their battle over democracy. By Stephen Collinson / CNN
100 Experts Express ‘Growing Alarm’ That Republicans Are Endangering Democracy. By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
Biden in Tulsa: “This Was Not a Riot. This Was a Massacre.” By Abigail Weinberg / Mother Jones
What Tulsa Can Teach Us. By Hannibal B. Johnson / NYT
The Tulsa Race Massacre was 100 years ago. But it’s not too late to pay reparations. By Chief Egunwale Amusan / NBC News
The Brewing Political Battle Over Critical Race Theory. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
Obama Explains How America Went From ‘Yes We Can’ to ‘MAGA.’ By Ezra Klein / NYT Podcast
Black women’s next targets: Governorships and Senate seats. By Bill Barrow / AP and ABC News
The Promise and Pressures of Deb Haaland, the First Native American Cabinet Secretary. By Elizabeth Williamson / NYT
Donna Brazile, one of Fox News’ last remaining liberals, quietly leaves network. By Zachary Petrizzo / Salon
As graduates cheered, an HBCU president announced that their debt to the university was wiped away. By Jaclyn Peiser / Wash Post
Second Amendment is not about guns — it’s about anti-Blackness, a new book argues. By John Blake / CNN
Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out nearly all Black residents. By Ryann Young / CNN
The Reconstruction Origins of Black Wall Street. By Alexander E. Stern / AAIHS
Shot 55 years ago while marching against racism, James Meredith reminds us that powerful movements can include those with very different ideas. By Aram Goudsouzian / The Conversation
