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Between King and Obama
In the long arc of Black political power, Jesse Ja
Behold, Dallas
In thousands of images made from the late 1940s on
Truth, Spoken and Rewritten
The story of Sojourner Truth is also the story of
The Chef Who Refused to Pick One Home
From a Scandinavian fine-dining coronation to a Ha
“Ignorance Is Strength,” Said the Court
Invoking Orwell, a federal judge halted an effort
LeVar Burton and the Work of Belief
In an era of cultural amnesia and book bans, Burto
The Kissing Case: How a Child’s Game Became a Jim Crow Trial of Power
A cheek kiss sparked an international outcry, a go
Camera as a Passport
Gordon Parks escaped a segregated childhood in Kan
William L. Dawson: The Man Between the Machine and the Movement
William L. Dawson’s career is a case study in mi
Whitney Young: Beyond Protest
Whitney Young believed the next battleground was e
Between King and Obama
In the long arc of Black political power, Jesse Jackson was the hinge—testing the limits of American democracy before the country was ready to admit it.
Behold, Dallas
In thousands of images made from the late 1940s onward, R. C. Hickman recorded a world mainstream media treated as peripheral. His photographs now function as evidence—of injusti
Truth, Spoken and Rewritten
The story of Sojourner Truth is also the story of American memory: how a formerly enslaved woman became an icon—and how the nation kept trying to translate her into something eas
The Chef Who Refused to Pick One Home
From a Scandinavian fine-dining coronation to a Harlem institution—and now, a return to Addis Ababa—Marcus Samuelsson has turned personal history into a public table.
“Ignorance Is Strength,” Said the Court
Invoking Orwell, a federal judge halted an effort to strip slavery from a national historic park—part of a wider attempt to reorder American memory from the White House outward.
LeVar Burton and the Work of Belief
In an era of cultural amnesia and book bans, Burton’s life argues—quietly, stubbornly—that imagination is not escape. It is preparation.
The Kissing Case: How a Child’s Game Became a Jim Crow Trial of Power
A cheek kiss sparked an international outcry, a governor’s clemency, and a lifetime of aftermath. The “Kissing Case” shows how the South policed intimacy—and how America ma
Camera as a Passport
Gordon Parks escaped a segregated childhood in Kansas and remade American visual culture—then took his fight from the page to the screen.
William L. Dawson: The Man Between the Machine and the Movement
William L. Dawson’s career is a case study in midcentury Black electoral leadership: historic firsts, hard bargains, and a reputation forever contested.
Whitney Young: Beyond Protest
Whitney Young believed the next battleground was employment, public policy, and the architecture of opportunity. His legacy is the civil rights movement’s most practical argument
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.
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
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.
