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The Mother the South Tried to Silence
Rosa Lee Ingram’s case—one day in a Georgia co
The Most Dangerous Thing in the Book Is the Truth
Angelou’s landmark memoir has been celebrated as
America’s Racist Cast of Characters
From the “coon” to the “brute,” the “mam
The Immigration Poverty Test
A century after Congress tried to screen the “un
The Long Arc of Anna Julia Cooper
A century-spanning life made her an early theorist
Jacob Lawrence: The Chronicle Painter
From Toussaint to Tubman to the urban North, Jacob
The Historian Who Made the Nation Tell the Truth
From Tulsa to Harvard to the White House, John Hop
Hank Aaron: The Day the Fence Moved
Aaron’s first homer arrived eight years after Ro
The Man Who Kept the Lights On
When American theater shut Black stories out, Wood
The Woman Who Put a Word to the Shadow
Kimberlé Crenshaw called it intersectionality. Th
The Mother the South Tried to Silence
Rosa Lee Ingram’s case—one day in a Georgia courtroom—exposed how race, gender, and poverty could turn self-defense into a death sentence.
The Most Dangerous Thing in the Book Is the Truth
Angelou’s landmark memoir has been celebrated as a modern classic and targeted as “too much” for decades—evidence of its power, and of the country’s unresolved fight over
America’s Racist Cast of Characters
From the “coon” to the “brute,” the “mammy” to the “jezebel,” anti-Black archetypes have long done political work—disciplining citizenship, shaping policy, and tr
The Immigration Poverty Test
A century after Congress tried to screen the “unfit” out of America, the Trump administration is reviving an old idea in modern language: that migrants from poorer nations are,
The Long Arc of Anna Julia Cooper
A century-spanning life made her an early theorist of race-and-gender power—before the language existed to name what she saw.
Jacob Lawrence: The Chronicle Painter
From Toussaint to Tubman to the urban North, Jacob Lawrence made narrative painting feel like breaking news—and enduring record.
The Historian Who Made the Nation Tell the Truth
From Tulsa to Harvard to the White House, John Hope Franklin argued that honesty was a civic obligation.
Hank Aaron: The Day the Fence Moved
Aaron’s first homer arrived eight years after Robinson, in a game that wouldn’t end, in an America still deciding whether integration was a promise—or a trapdoor.
The Man Who Kept the Lights On
When American theater shut Black stories out, Woodie King Jr. built a home stage by stage—then quietly stocked it with future legends.
The Woman Who Put a Word to the Shadow
Kimberlé Crenshaw called it intersectionality. Then the framework escaped the law reviews, rewired activism, and became a cultural battleground—often far from its original purpo
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.
