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Pastor on the Hill
From the pulpit at New Bethel Baptist to the commi
James Forman Knew the Movement Needed More Than Heroes
He was the strategist inside SNCC, the organizer b
The Man With the Million-Dollar Voice
Why C. L. Franklin deserves to be remembered not o
How Jesmyn Ward Made the South Speak Back
Across fiction and nonfiction, the two-time Nation
What It Cost to Walk Through the Door
Ernest Green entered Central High as a teenager se
Stormy Weather Was Only the Beginning
Lena Horne’s career stretched from Harlem’s Co
David Fagen Against the Empire
Born into Jim Crow America, he entered the Army se
The laws that codified bondage
Slavery in America was not merely an economic syst
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
Pastor on the Hill
From the pulpit at New Bethel Baptist to the committee rooms of Capitol Hill, Walter Fauntroy turned moral authority into legislative leverage—and made D.C.’s unfinished democr
James Forman Knew the Movement Needed More Than Heroes
He was the strategist inside SNCC, the organizer behind the headlines, and one of the fiercest minds to push Black freedom politics beyond protest and toward power.
The Man With the Million-Dollar Voice
Why C. L. Franklin deserves to be remembered not only as Aretha Franklin’s father, but as a major architect of Black civic life in the North
How Jesmyn Ward Made the South Speak Back
Across fiction and nonfiction, the two-time National Book Award winner has insisted that poor Black life in Mississippi is not marginal material but central American truth.
What It Cost to Walk Through the Door
Ernest Green entered Central High as a teenager seeking opportunity. He emerged as one of the clearest living witnesses to the price of citizenship in modern America.
Stormy Weather Was Only the Beginning
Lena Horne’s career stretched from Harlem’s Cotton Club to Broadway triumph, tracing the uneasy relationship between Black artistry and American power.
David Fagen Against the Empire
Born into Jim Crow America, he entered the Army seeking a future and emerged as a guerrilla officer fighting the United States in a colonial war.
The laws that codified bondage
Slavery in America was not merely an economic system or a moral catastrophe. It was a legal regime, built incrementally from the Caribbean to the courtroom, and never fully erased
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.
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.
