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The Studio as a Freedom Project
Ball’s photographs—and the world he built arou
Proof of Freedom
The “Black Laws” demanded that Black Ohioans c
The Education of Survival
In the shadow of lynching, disenfranchisement, and
The Album as Evidence
Shabazz carried photographs to earn trust, then re
The Courage No One Photographed
We remember the child escorted by marshals. We for
The Man Who Could Get You in the Room
Vernon Jordan moved from courthouse desegregation
Jane Crow’s Author
Before “intersectionality” had a name, Pauli M
John Biggers’s America Was a Shotgun House, a Mother’s Hands, a Vast Geometry
From Jim Crow North Carolina to West Africa and ba
Where History Checked In
On a stretch of Northwest 27th Avenue, Miami’s H
The Studio as a Freedom Project
Ball’s photographs—and the world he built around them—offer a blueprint for how Black entrepreneurs used new technology to claim authorship of their own image in an era deter
Proof of Freedom
The “Black Laws” demanded that Black Ohioans carry a portable argument for their own humanity—then made the courtroom deaf to it.
The Education of Survival
In the shadow of lynching, disenfranchisement, and Jim Crow, Booker T. Washington preached industry. W.E.B. Du Bois preached intellect. Their argument is not a relic—it is a mirr
The Album as Evidence
Shabazz carried photographs to earn trust, then returned the favor by making portraits that let New Yorkers be seen on their own terms—clean lines, bright color, and a quiet refu
The Black Senator
Opponents tried to bar Revels by arguing he hadn’t been “a citizen” long enough. The real dispute was whether Black Americans could ever fully belong.
The Courage No One Photographed
We remember the child escorted by marshals. We forget the mother who made the choice, endured the aftermath, and kept her family upright. traces what happened when federal protecti
The Man Who Could Get You in the Room
Vernon Jordan moved from courthouse desegregation battles to corporate boardrooms, insisting—sometimes quietly, sometimes sharply—that power had to make space for Black life.
Jane Crow’s Author
Before “intersectionality” had a name, Pauli Murray mapped how race and sex discrimination fused in American law—and dared movements to catch up.
John Biggers’s America Was a Shotgun House, a Mother’s Hands, a Vast Geometry
From Jim Crow North Carolina to West Africa and back to Third Ward Houston, Biggers made an epic visual language out of the everyday—part social history, part spiritual diagram.
Where History Checked In
On a stretch of Northwest 27th Avenue, Miami’s Hampton House offered Black celebrity and Black organizing what segregation tried to deny: rest, refuge and a room of one’s own.
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.
