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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
Betty Shabazz Knew Survival Was Never Passive
Widowed in public, tested in private and too often
Charles W. Chesnutt Knew the Story America Told Itself
He also knew how to break it open—through passin
Michael Ray Charles Never Looked Away
For more than three decades, the artist has forced
Bobby Seale Never Asked for Permission
How the Black Panther co-founder helped turn rage
The Woman Who Set Montgomery in Motion
Long before the legend hardened around a single sp
What Stephen L. Carter Saw Coming
From affirmative action and public faith to democr
Nick Cave’s Radical Splendor
The Chicago artist’s work dazzles on contact, bu
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
Betty Shabazz Knew Survival Was Never Passive
Widowed in public, tested in private and too often reduced to someone else’s history, she built a life that made education, discipline and Black dignity into a political practice
Charles W. Chesnutt Knew the Story America Told Itself
He also knew how to break it open—through passing novels, conjure tales, and a public life devoted to puncturing the myths of white innocence.
Michael Ray Charles Never Looked Away
For more than three decades, the artist has forced American viewers to sit with the racist visual grammar they were taught to ignore—and in doing so, he has made some of the most
Bobby Seale Never Asked for Permission
How the Black Panther co-founder helped turn rage over police violence, poverty, and political exclusion into one of the most consequential movements in modern American history.
The Woman Who Set Montgomery in Motion
Long before the legend hardened around a single speech and a single pastor, Jo Ann Robinson was doing the exacting, dangerous work that turned indignation into a movement.
What Stephen L. Carter Saw Coming
From affirmative action and public faith to democratic decay and the interior lives of the Black elite, his work has often landed years before the wider culture caught up.
Nick Cave’s Radical Splendor
The Chicago artist’s work dazzles on contact, but its deeper force is moral: beneath the color and spectacle is a lifelong inquiry into vulnerability, protection, and the possibi
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.
