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A House Where the Walls Talk Back
Bibbs’ art insists that Black life is not an “
The Strategist in Plain Sight
Nash helped teach a movement how to win—one lunc
Power, and a New Kind of Politics
Randolph understood that dignity wasn’t a slogan
What Happened to Laura Nelson’s Baby?
The story Oklahoma tried to bury—of a mother, a
The Woman Who Kept Harlem Talking
In her “Ebony Flute” column, Bennett made art
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
A House Where the Walls Talk Back
Bibbs’ art insists that Black life is not an “issue” but an inheritance—and that collecting, teaching, and building institutions can be forms of protection.
The Strategist in Plain Sight
Nash helped teach a movement how to win—one lunch counter, one jail cell, one unbroken
Power, and a New Kind of Politics
Randolph understood that dignity wasn’t a slogan. It was a contract, a paycheck, and a ballot.
What Happened to Laura Nelson’s Baby?
The story Oklahoma tried to bury—of a mother, a son, a spectacle lynching, and a youngest child who survives in rumor, records, and the silence of official history.
The Woman Who Kept Harlem Talking
In her “Ebony Flute” column, Bennett made art news feel like street music—broadcasting a generation’s ambitions while building institutions that outlasted its headlines.
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.
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.
