Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
A Conversation With Black Women on Race – Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster / NYT Video
In this short documentary, Black women talk about the challenges they face in society. Watch the video here
150 Years of Freedom: Proposed Abolition Day – Allison Keyes / The Root
To fight racial isolation on campus, start with admissions – Sherrilyn Ifill / Wash Post
December 6, 1865 : The Thirteenth Amendment Prohibiting Slavery is Ratified – Richard Kreitner / The Nation
America Needs a National Slavery Monument – Blair Roberts and Ethan J. Kytle / NYT
Gun Violence is America’s cardinal sin: Why we won’t do anything about a raging epidemic – Eesha Pandit / Salon
The Cross of Redemption : Uncollected Writings – James Baldwin
The Cross of Redemption is a revelation by an American literary master: a gathering of essays, articles, polemics, reviews, and interviews that have never before…
The Neuroscience Behind Why White Cops Kill Black Men – Bobby Azarian / Raw Story
Students’ Protest May Play role in Supreme Court Case on Race in Admissions – Adam Liptak / NYT
How to Understand White Male Terrorism – Max Berger / The Nation
America’s white working class apocalypse: What’s really driving its rapid demise – Barbara Ehrenreich / Salon
White Debt : Reckoning with what is owed – and what can never be repaid – for racial privilege – Eula Biss / NYT
John Hope Franklin : Race and the Meaning of America – Drew Gilpin Faust / The New York Review of Books
DURHAM, N.C. — John Hope Franklin, a scholar who helped create the field of African-American history, was instrumental both in documenting America’s long and long-ignored…
60 Years Later, What Can Activist learn from the Montgomery Bus Boycott – Michel Martin / NPR
The Struggle for Justice on Tribal Lands – Ned Black Hawk / NYT
Want To Stop Islamic Terrorism? Be Nicer to Muslims – Sarah Lyons -Padilla and Michele Gelfund / Wash Post
Laquan McDonald and the ‘System’ – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Black Football Players Should All Strike: The One Immediate Move Guaranteed to Bring About Immediate Change – Steve Almond / Salon
Legendary Genius Paul Robeson : I’m an American Who’s Infinitely Prouder to be of African Descent – You Tube
Paul Robeson was the epitome of the 20th-century Renaissance man. He was an exceptional athlete, actor, singer, cultural scholar, author, and political activist. His talents…
Who Turned My Blue State Red ? Why Poor Areas Vote for Politicians Who Want to Slash the Safety Net – Alec MacGillis / NYT
Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist – even by the standards of his time – Dylan Matthews / Vox
There is No Ferguson Effect – Leon Neyfakh / Slate
Chris Rock Pens Blistering Essay on Hollywood’s Race Problem: “It’s a White Industry” – Chris Rock
The Shadows of a New American Facism: Why Our Surging Xenophobia Could Have Some Very Dangerous Consequences – Heather Digby Parton / Salon
Live Stream : What Conversations about Race Do We Need To Be Having Right Now? – By The Nation
Race is back where it needs to be at the front and center of our discussions about culture, equality, and freedom in the US—but are…
Black Americans more susceptible to nonfatal force by police, DOJ says – Anu Narayanswamy / Wash Post
