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A College Built for the Work
Morehouse’s founding in 1867 was not just an edu
Gregory Hines: Rhythm as Inheritance
Raised in a family act and schooled by legends, Gr
Frederick Douglass: The Day He Gave Himself
In a world that denied enslaved people even their
Three Stars Over a Closed Door
Samuel L. Gravely Jr., the first Black flag office
She Built a School When the Country Wouldn’t Hire Her
Nannie Helen Burroughs turned a single rejection i
The Greatest Team You Never Saw
The New York Renaissance turned a Harlem ballroom
Alma Thomas, and the American argument for joy
From segregated Georgia to a rowhouse studio in Sh
The League America Wouldn’t Let Exist
The Negro National League was founded because the
A Hymn Written in the Key of After
James Weldon Johnson composed “Lift Every Voice
The Long Argument Angela Davis Never Stopped Making
In Women, Race, & Class, she insists that feminism
A College Built for the Work
Morehouse’s founding in 1867 was not just an educational event; it was political infrastructure—designed to produce teachers, preachers, and the kind of citizens the new order
Gregory Hines: Rhythm as Inheritance
Raised in a family act and schooled by legends, Gregory Hines transformed ancestral footwork into a language fluent in the present tense.
Frederick Douglass: The Day He Gave Himself
In a world that denied enslaved people even their ages, Douglass made February 14 a yearly declaration: I was here.
Three Stars Over a Closed Door
Samuel L. Gravely Jr., the first Black flag officer in U.S. Navy history built his career in communications—then became a signal the institution couldn’t ignore.
She Built a School When the Country Wouldn’t Hire Her
Nannie Helen Burroughs turned a single rejection into an institution that trained Black girls to work, to think, and to claim power in a nation determined to ration all three.
The Greatest Team You Never Saw
The New York Renaissance turned a Harlem ballroom into basketball’s most electric stage—and forced the country to reckon with Black excellence long before the NBA would.
Alma Thomas, and the American argument for joy
From segregated Georgia to a rowhouse studio in Shaw, Alma Thomas built an American art career on patience, discipline, and the belief that beauty is not an escape but a form of pr
The League America Wouldn’t Let Exist
The Negro National League was founded because the majors shut the door. Its founders responded by turning exclusion into infrastructure—and by doing so, changed the sport’s fut
A Hymn Written in the Key of After
James Weldon Johnson composed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” on the far side of Reconstruction, when hope was being legislated out of public life—and then he watched it travel w
The Long Argument Angela Davis Never Stopped Making
In Women, Race, & Class, she insists that feminism without political economy is just etiquette—and that the past is not past.
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.
