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When Mourning Was Segregated
The forgotten story of the Black Gold Star women w
Gwendolyn Brooks Wrote the Interior Life of Black America
Long before diversity became publishing shorthand,
A Barred Man
In 1857, Edward Garrison Draper was prepared to be
Forty-Four Years Later
The life of Marshall “Eddie” Conway reveals ho
Millie Bailey’s Long March
From segregated Tulsa to the Women’s Army Corps
The Children Who Forged Jefferson’s Fortune
At Monticello, enslaved Black boys worked in extre
An Island of Shortages
The American embargo and Cuba’s internal failure
Bojangles and the American Stage
The Rise of Bill Robinson Revealed the Contradicti
The Insurrection Sends a Bill
After pardons, commutations, and dismissed cases,
The Justice Who Climbed the Ladder, Then Questioned the Ladder
Clarence Thomas’s attack on progressivism expose
When Mourning Was Segregated
The forgotten story of the Black Gold Star women who challenged, boycotted, and sometimes endured a government pilgrimage that made Jim Crow part of national remembrance.
Gwendolyn Brooks Wrote the Interior Life of Black America
Long before diversity became publishing shorthand, Brooks built an uncompromising literary universe rooted in Black dignity, struggle, intimacy, and survival.
A Barred Man
In 1857, Edward Garrison Draper was prepared to become Maryland’s first Black attorney. Instead, the state turned his brilliance into an archive of exclusion.
Forty-Four Years Later
The life of Marshall “Eddie” Conway reveals how America’s war on Black activism became inseparable from its prison system.
Millie Bailey’s Long March
From segregated Tulsa to the Women’s Army Corps to Columbia, Maryland, Bailey made service her answer to a country that often failed to honor Black women’s labor.
The Children Who Forged Jefferson’s Fortune
At Monticello, enslaved Black boys worked in extreme heat and fear to produce the nails that helped finance Jefferson’s political image and elite lifestyle.
An Island of Shortages
The American embargo and Cuba’s internal failures have created a nation where survival now consumes everyday life
Bojangles and the American Stage
The Rise of Bill Robinson Revealed the Contradictions of Black Fame, Hollywood Mythmaking, and Survival in Jim Crow America
The Insurrection Sends a Bill
After pardons, commutations, and dismissed cases, Trump’s new fund opens another front in the campaign to rewrite Jan. 6.
The Justice Who Climbed the Ladder, Then Questioned the Ladder
Clarence Thomas’s attack on progressivism exposes a deeper contradiction: his career was shaped by the very Black freedom struggles, federal protections and institutional reforms
How New Yorker Howard Bennet fought to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. This ended the life of one of the 20th century’s most revered and influential figures.
How New Yorker Howard Bennet fought to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. This ended the life of one of the 20th century’s most revered and influential figures.
Business
Black entpreneurs and business leaders who help shape and drive our economies.
Where the Neighborhood Reads Aloud
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books is a Germantown storefront built like a living room—part café, part bookstore, part civic commons—where Marc Lamont Hill’s public intellectua
The Hot Dog Gospel In OKC
Monte’s Gourmet Dogs serves friendship first—and then, if you’re lucky, the best gator étouffée you didn’t know you needed.
The Crown Makers: Historic and Contemporary Black-Owned Milliners
The Crown Makers: Historic and Contemporary Black-Owned Milliners
Rooms of Our Own
Black hoteliers across the United States are quietly remaking the hospitality industry—one Brooklyn brownstone, Virginia horse farm and Mississippi inn at a time.
Brewing Black Futures: How Five Black-Owned Cafés Are Redefining American Coffee Culture
From Oakland to Chicago, these entrepreneurs are stitching community, culture and commerce into every latte — proving that for many Black business owners, a café is more than ju
Inside the Quiet Dismantling of America’s Only Minority-Business Agency — and the Entrepreneurs Left Stranded
The Quiet Dismantling of America’s Only Minority-Business Agency AND the Entrepreneurs Left Stranded Share fb tw ln pin fb tw ln pin By KOLUMN Magazine The first sign that someth
Where the Neighborhood Reads Aloud
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books is a Germantown storefront built like a living room—part café, part bookstore, part civic commons—where Marc Lamont Hill’s public intellectua
The Hot Dog Gospel In OKC
Monte’s Gourmet Dogs serves friendship first—and then, if you’re lucky, the best gator étouffée you didn’t know you needed.
The Crown Makers: Historic and Contemporary Black-Owned Milliners
The Crown Makers: Historic and Contemporary Black-Owned Milliners
Rooms of Our Own
Black hoteliers across the United States are quietly remaking the hospitality industry—one Brooklyn brownstone, Virginia horse farm and Mississippi inn at a time.
Brewing Black Futures: How Five Black-Owned Cafés Are Redefining American Coffee Culture
From Oakland to Chicago, these entrepreneurs are stitching community, culture and commerce into every latte — proving that for many Black business owners, a café is more than ju
Inside the Quiet Dismantling of America’s Only Minority-Business Agency — and the Entrepreneurs Left Stranded
The Quiet Dismantling of America’s Only Minority-Business Agency AND the Entrepreneurs Left Stranded Share fb tw ln pin fb tw ln pin By KOLUMN Magazine The first sign that someth
Art
This month, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery is recognizing Claudette Colvin in visual fashion through its acquisition of “Rooted”, an artistic tribute to the civil rights pioneer by Traci Mims, the talented multi-genre artist represented by Black Art in America.
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