Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
August Wilson is America’s most Undefeated playwright – Samuel G. Freedman / The Undefeated
How Do I Explain America to My Black Son? / The Atlantic
Atlantic writer Vann R. Newkirk is about to be a father, and he’s nervous. America’s history of racial violence is something that every citizen inherits,…
Video Breaks Down How ‘Whiteness’ As A Construct Shaped The Election – Carolina Moreno / Huff Post
For Americans to fully understand the current racial divide in the United States, citizens need to delve deep into how “whiteness” has been constructed and…
Visiting the African-American Museum: Waiting, Reading, Thinking, Connecting, Feeling – Wesley Morris / NYT
I’m going to level with you. Getting inside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is hard. “Advanced timed passes for April…
Bill O’Reilly embraces white nationalism – Aaron Ruper / Thinkprogress
Michael Jordan was light years ahead of his NBA peers. LeBron’s been even better – Neil Greenberg / Wash Post
Natalie Cole : Every time she hit it big, something knocked her down – Rob Hoerburger / NYT
Why Are We Still Reliving the Nightmarish Death of Emmett Till? Dan Wakefield / The Nation
When I went to Mississippi to cover the trial, I had no idea that the story would become so relevant again more than 60 years…
Serena Williams Won’t Apologize For Being Black And Confident – Zeba Blay / Huff Post
Are younger whites less racist? New research about racial attitudes suggests demographics alone won’t save America – Chauncey Devega / Salon
Inside the Ku Klux Klan, With an A&E Documentary Series – Kathryn Shattuck / NYT
Ta-Nihisi Coates on Obama, atheism, and becoming the guy “white people read to show they know something” – Ezra Klein / Vox
Watch an Amazing Talk by an African American Astrophysicist – Dr. Jedidah Isler / Ted Talks
Jedidah Isler dreamt of becoming an astrophysicist since she was a young girl, but the odds were against her: At that time, only 18 black…
Insurance Policies on Slaves: New York life’s Complicated Past – Rachel L. Swarns / NYT
In Case You Forgot, This Is What The North’s Fight For Civil Rights Looked Like – Katherine Brooks / Huff Post
To some, the fight for civil rights in America is an important, but distant, memory. According to history books, the struggle to end racial segregation…
Watch Harrowing Trailer for Jay Z-Produced ‘TIME: The Kalief Browder Story’ – Kory Grow / Rolling Stone
A new trailer for a docuseries about a Bronx teenager, Kalief Browder, who was jailed for three years and spent two of them in solitary…
What Donald Trump Doesn’t Know About Black People – Michael Eric Dyson / NYT
In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell – Grace Dolan-Sandrino and Zahri Jackson / The Nation
In the fight for racial justice on campus, 2016 stands in the shadow of 2015. Last November, black students took American higher education by storm—raining…
Texas campus tense with incidents since Donald Trump election – Rick Jervis / USA Today
Black And White Americans View Historical Events Very Differently – Erin Schumaker / Huff Post
Abraham Lincoln Defended a Man Who Refused To Be Called ‘Negro’ – Ava Gabrielle / Huff Post
Brothers in White Resentment: Donald Trump and Dylann Roof – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
Unequal Sentences for Blacks and Whites – The Editorial Board / NYT
Rev. Barber: We Have Convicted White Supremacist Dylann Roof But America is Still Guilty / Democracy Now
In Charleston, South Carolina, a jury has found Dylann Roof guilty on 33 counts of federal hate crimes for murdering nine black worshipers, including Pastor…
The Charleston Story: A Knotted Mix Of Race, Grace And Injustice – Gene Demby / NPR
Faith and race play big roles in the history of Charleston. In the stories the city tells itself about itself, Charleston joyfully celebrates the former,…
Why We Need a National Monument to Reconstruction – Gregory P. Downs, Eric Foner and Kate Masur / NYT
