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Jeff Donaldson and the Making of a Black Aesthetic
Long before museums fully caught up, Donaldson was
The Nat King Cole Show: Prime Time, Segregated
Nat King Cole’s short-lived NBC variety hour las
The Men of Engine 21
They were mocked, underestimated, and segregated i
Mississippi’s Quiet Power Broker of the Civil-Rights Era
Aaron Henry did not always command the spotlight,
The Students Who Put Atlanta on Trial
In 1960 and 1961, young Black Atlantans challenged
All Power, No Myth
Elbert “Big Man” Howard’s life offers a clea
Alexander “Skunder” Boghossian and the Art of Crossing Worlds
Born in Addis Ababa, sharpened in London and Paris
Benjamin Hooks Never Mistook Access for Freedom
He moved from Memphis courtrooms to the FCC to the
He Knew the Dream Was Not Enough
He helped shape the moral language of the civil ri
Frances Harper Knew Freedom Was Never One Fight
The poet, lecturer, abolitionist and suffragist sp
Jeff Donaldson and the Making of a Black Aesthetic
Long before museums fully caught up, Donaldson was building an art world rooted in community, history, and unapologetic Black beauty.
The Nat King Cole Show: Prime Time, Segregated
Nat King Cole’s short-lived NBC variety hour lasted barely more than a year, but its real story was never about ratings. It was about elegance as resistance, television as a raci
The Men of Engine 21
They were mocked, underestimated, and segregated into history. But Chicago’s first Black fire company helped remake the fire service, the city, and the meaning of public duty in
Mississippi’s Quiet Power Broker of the Civil-Rights Era
Aaron Henry did not always command the spotlight, but he helped create the conditions that made the movement in Mississippi possible.
The Students Who Put Atlanta on Trial
In 1960 and 1961, young Black Atlantans challenged lunch-counter segregation, exposed the limits of the city’s moderate myth, and helped reshape the civil rights movement from th
All Power, No Myth
Elbert “Big Man” Howard’s life offers a clearer way to read the Panthers: not as shorthand for militancy alone, but as a practical response to hunger, police abuse, political
Alexander “Skunder” Boghossian and the Art of Crossing Worlds
Born in Addis Ababa, sharpened in London and Paris, and canonized in Washington, he built a body of work that treated exile, ancestry, and abstraction as living materials.
Benjamin Hooks Never Mistook Access for Freedom
He moved from Memphis courtrooms to the FCC to the NAACP, insisting that civil rights meant not just entry into America’s institutions, but power inside them.
He Knew the Dream Was Not Enough
He helped shape the moral language of the civil rights era, challenged America’s selective memory of Martin Luther King Jr., and spent a lifetime insisting that freedom was a pra
Frances Harper Knew Freedom Was Never One Fight
The poet, lecturer, abolitionist and suffragist spent a lifetime insisting that race, gender, labor, morality and citizenship could not be separated — and that America’s reform
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.
