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The Printer Behind the Movement
How Robert Blackburn transformed American printmak
Frederick J. Brown’s American Dream Was Loud
From a SoHo studio that doubled as a salon to muse
Frankie Muse Freeman Never Waited for Permission
How a lawyer from Danville, Virginia, turned court
When the Bridge Became a Battlefield
The story of Bloody Sunday is not only one of viol
Henrietta Lacks: A Settlement, Seventy-Five Years Late
The agreement between Novartis and Henrietta Lacks
The Teacher of Everything
How bell hooks made feminism legible, turned love
Dick Gregory vs. the Machine
His 1967 run for mayor did not topple Richard J. D
Arkansas’s Deadliest Fire, America’s Familiar Story
A dormitory burns. Survivors claw through screened
When the Block Had a Clock
“Be home before the streetlights come on” was
The Printer Behind the Movement
How Robert Blackburn transformed American printmaking by building a workshop where technique, generosity, and Black artistic modernism could flourish together.
Frederick J. Brown’s American Dream Was Loud
From a SoHo studio that doubled as a salon to museum-scale cycles of history and faith, Brown worked as if ambition were a moral duty.
Frankie Muse Freeman Never Waited for Permission
How a lawyer from Danville, Virginia, turned courtrooms, commissions, and quiet persistence into one of the most durable civil-rights careers in modern America.
When the Bridge Became a Battlefield
The story of Bloody Sunday is not only one of violence, but of strategy, grassroots discipline, and the relentless Black struggle to make the franchise real.
Henrietta Lacks: A Settlement, Seventy-Five Years Late
The agreement between Novartis and Henrietta Lacks’s estate is the latest chapter in a story that began in a segregated hospital ward and expanded into a global biomedical market
The Teacher of Everything
How bell hooks made feminism legible, turned love into a political demand, and insisted that the classroom could be a site of freedom.
Dick Gregory vs. the Machine
His 1967 run for mayor did not topple Richard J. Daley, but it exposed the racial fault lines and political choreography beneath Chicago’s polished image.
Arkansas’s Deadliest Fire, America’s Familiar Story
A dormitory burns. Survivors claw through screened windows. Investigators spread blame everywhere—and accountability nowhere. Sixty years later, the question remains: why were th
The Garden Is a Ledger
Black urban farming isn’t a lifestyle trend. It’s an accounting of stolen land, withheld credit, and communities rebuilding wealth from the soil up.
When the Block Had a Clock
“Be home before the streetlights come on” was a family policy shaped by love, labor, and the realities outside the door.
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.
