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The Long Argument of Anna Julia Cooper
From slavery to the Sorbonne, from Washington clas
Tomorrow Belongs to Us
Louis E. Burnham spent two decades writing and org
C.K. Steele and the Freedom Infrastructure of the South
Long before his name was cast in bronze at a Talla
What Nina Simone Left Us
Her last studio album did not try to recreate the
Marion Stamps Knew the City Was Listening Only When It Had To
She fought mayors, housing officials, gang violenc
Charles Sherrod: The Man Who Stayed
Charles Sherrod helped build one of the civil righ
Alice Childress Was Never Early. America Was Late
For decades, the playwright and novelist wrote wit
She Made History by Rewriting It in Bronze
Barbara Chase-Riboud’s art and fiction have spen
Al Sharpton Has Never Waited to Be Invited
For four decades, the preacher-activist has moved
The Long Argument of Anna Julia Cooper
From slavery to the Sorbonne, from Washington classrooms to Black feminist thought, her life made a case the nation is still catching up to.
Mavis Staples and the Sound of Endurance
Her voice helped score the movement, define soul’s conscience, and remind generation after generation that joy and struggle have always traveled together.
Tomorrow Belongs to Us
Louis E. Burnham spent two decades writing and organizing toward a new world; his sudden death in 1960 turned a working life into a legend—and a question about what history forge
C.K. Steele and the Freedom Infrastructure of the South
Long before his name was cast in bronze at a Tallahassee bus terminal, Charles Kenzie Steele was building the institutions, language, and resolve that made protest durable.
What Nina Simone Left Us
Her last studio album did not try to recreate the fire of the 1960s. It did something rarer: it let Nina Simone sound like a legend still working, still testing language, still ref
Marion Stamps Knew the City Was Listening Only When It Had To
She fought mayors, housing officials, gang violence, and polite indifference—and made public housing residents impossible to ignore.
Charles Sherrod: The Man Who Stayed
Charles Sherrod helped build one of the civil rights movement’s most important grassroots campaigns in Albany, then spent the rest of his life proving that freedom work does not
Alice Childress Was Never Early. America Was Late
For decades, the playwright and novelist wrote with unsparing clarity about Black working lives, artistic compromise, and the cost of being “acceptable.” The culture is still c
She Made History by Rewriting It in Bronze
Barbara Chase-Riboud’s art and fiction have spent decades restoring the emotional and political weight of lives too often flattened, omitted, or misunderstood.
Al Sharpton Has Never Waited to Be Invited
For four decades, the preacher-activist has moved between street protest, political theater, grief counseling, television and hardball negotiation—becoming, for admirers and crit
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.
