An Open letter to President Obama: Support for HBCUs is an Imperative – Ronald J. Sheehy
January 18, 2016 Dear President Obama: As a journalist and observer of African American affairs, I have reviewed your statements and plans to address issues…
Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
White Christians need to act more Christian than white – Jim Wallis / Wash Post
Fear of a Black Quarterback (Cam Newton) – Tommy Craggs / Slate
Structural Racism Needs to Be Debated, Too – Jamil Smith / New Republic
Texas marks racial slaughter more than a century later -Tim Madigan / Wash Post
The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas (True Crime) – E.R. Bills
In late July 1910, a shocking number of African Americans in Texas were slaughtered by white mobs in the Slocum area of Anderson County and…
When Anger Trumped Progress (Reconstruction 1865-1872) – Jon Grinspan / Wash Post
White privilege’ just made an appearance in the presidential race. It’s about time – Janell Ross / Wash Post
Here Is How Many Alabama And Clemson Players Got Paid On Monday – Erick Fernandez / Huff Post
Unarmed truth: How race permeated but was left out of Obama’s address – Vann R Newkirk / Daily Kos
In Exile: Deportations and violence of Haitians in the DR – Jonathan Katz and Patrick Witty / NYT
Obama accuses GOP of fearmongering – Nahal Toosi and Sarah Wheaton / Politico
A brief history of guns and race – AJ+ / Video
There are more deaths from guns in the U.S. than deaths from all U.S. wars. Watch the video here
Inside The New York Times Book Review Podcast: ‘The Defender’
A newsboy sells the Chicago Defender 1942. In The New York Times Book Review, Brent Staples reviews Ethan Michaeli’s “The Defender: How the Legendary Black…
Universities Should Lead Conversation on Inclusion – Peter Salovey / President of Yale University
#BlackLivesMatter: Why #AllLivesMatter is a distraction – Kevin Womack / Morehouse College
We are living in a strange and scary world right now. We are living in a world where sometimes it’s not safe to live as…
How White America’s fear of Barack Obama has made us all worse off – Matthew Pulver / Salon
Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility / NYT
Guns Make Anger and Despair Lethal – Marian Wright Edelman / Huff Post
