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Jewel Prestage and the Making of a Discipline
The first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in political
Sutton E. Griggs and the Secret Government of Black Imagination
Before the Harlem Renaissance, before Afrofuturism
Before “Lifting as We Climb,” Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Issued the Call
How a Boston suffragist, editor and organizer help
John Conyers and the Architecture of Persistence
Before reparations entered the mainstream and befo
Black vote dilution at an industrial scale
After Louisiana v. Callais, states are moving with
The Strange Afterlife of Sarah Farro’s True Love
Sarah Farro’s only known novel was praised, dism
James Peck Was Beaten Bloody in Birmingham. That Was Not the Beginning
Before James Peck became the white face of Freedom
James Orange and the Architecture of Courage
Orange turned nonviolence into discipline, youth w
Jefferson Pinder’s Long Run Through American Memory
Across film, sculpture and punishing performance,
Ronald L. Fair Refused to Let America Breathe Easy
Before “Cornbread, Earl and Me,” before viral
Jewel Prestage and the Making of a Discipline
The first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in political science from an American university became far more than a milestone. She became a movement builder.
Sutton E. Griggs and the Secret Government of Black Imagination
Before the Harlem Renaissance, before Afrofuturism became a critical language, Griggs built a radical literary world beneath the surface of American democracy.
Before “Lifting as We Climb,” Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Issued the Call
How a Boston suffragist, editor and organizer helped turn Black women’s local clubs into a national political infrastructure.
John Conyers and the Architecture of Persistence
Before reparations entered the mainstream and before “Medicare for All” became a rallying cry, a Detroit congressman had already placed both inside the official congressional r
Black vote dilution at an industrial scale
After Louisiana v. Callais, states are moving with new confidence to redraw Black political power out of the map — and testing whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act still ha
The Strange Afterlife of Sarah Farro’s True Love
Sarah Farro’s only known novel was praised, dismissed, exhibited at the World’s Fair, then lost to history. Its rediscovery widened the map of African American literature.
James Peck Was Beaten Bloody in Birmingham. That Was Not the Beginning
Before James Peck became the white face of Freedom Ride brutality, he had already been jailed as a pacifist, organized seamen and helped invent the direct-action grammar of the civ
James Orange and the Architecture of Courage
Orange turned nonviolence into discipline, youth work into strategy, and civil rights into a lifelong campaign for labor, memory and Black political power.
Jefferson Pinder’s Long Run Through American Memory
Across film, sculpture and punishing performance, the artist asks what the Black body has been forced to carry—and what it can still transform.
Ronald L. Fair Refused to Let America Breathe Easy
Before “Cornbread, Earl and Me,” before viral police videos, Fair wrote the machinery of racial power in plain sight.
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.
History
