God Help the Child – Toni Morrison
Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child – the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment- weaves a tale about…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Rise in Suicide by Black Children Surprises Researchers – Sabrina Tavernise / NYT
For Black Scholars at PWIs, Speaking Truth to Power on Social Media Can Be Professional Suicide – Kristen West Savali / The Root
White Out – Jamelle Bouie / Slate
The thrill is gone. So is B B King. Now what happens to blues music? – Chris Richards / Wash Post
Housing Apartheid American Style – The Editorial Board / NYT
61 Years After Brown Board of Education Many Schools Remain Separate and Unequal – Rebecca Klein / Huff Post
College Dropout to Ph.D. : Kanye West receives doctorate in Chicago – Christopher Borrelli / Chicago Tribune
America is Deeply Divided Over How Media Covers Race and Police Misconduct – Ariel Edwards-Levy / Huff Post
A Million Missing Black Voters – David A. Graham / The Atlantic
The Surprising History of “We shall Overcome” – David A. Graham / The Atlantic
Prince Releases Freddie Gray Tribute Song “Baltimore” via Twitter – Martin Pengelly / The Guardian
Look, a White – George Yancy
Look, a White! returns the problem of whiteness to white people. Prompted by Eric Holder’s charge, that as Americans, we are cowards when it comes…
How Racism Doomed Baltimore – Editorial Board / NYT
Silence is Deadly: Mental Health and the Black Community -Chirlane McCray / The Root
On Saturday The Ebola Outbreak in Liberia Should be Officially Over – Marc Silver / NPR
Obama’s Powerful Words on Racial Injustice Should be Matched by Bold Policy Measures – Peniel E. Joseph / The Root
Why Afrocentricity ? – George Lynch and Molefi Asante / NYT
A Conversation About Growing Up Black – Joe Brewester and Perri Peltz / NYT
A Rightward Reaction to Riots – Richard Cohen / Wash Post
The African Century – Noah Millman / Politico
The Curse of Segregation – Derek Thompson / The Atlantic
Baltimore, the burden of history and the uses of “violence” : A week of fear and hope – Andrew O’Hehir / Salon
There is no social change without coercion: Race, Baltimore, and how violence makes nonviolence possible -Musa Al-Gharbi / Salon
At Least 304 Black People Were Killed by Police in the US in 2014 – Mapping Police Violence
Race in Cuba : Essays On The Revolution and Racial Inequality – Esteban Morales Dominguez
As a young militant in the 26th of July Movement, Esteban Morales Domínguez participated in the overthrow of the Batista regime and the triumph of…
Dear white Facebook friends: I need you to respect what Black America is feeling right now – Julia Blount / Salon
South Carolina’s “Strange Fruit.” A 21st Century Lynching of African American Males – Ronald J. Sheehy
In the aftermath of the recent shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in South Carolina, I am certain there will…