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The Prophet of Airlie Gardens
How Minnie Evans turned visions, memory, and the l
What America Saw in Fred Hampton—and What It Feared
His speeches electrified rooms, but his real power
Before the Renaissance, There Was Dunbar
Long before Langston Hughes and Claude McKay, Paul
Three Days That Changed a State
Autherine Lucy Foster was pushed off campus by a m
The Genius America Would Not Fully Allow
Edward Alexander Bouchet broke one of the highest
What America Owed Black Education, One School Tried to Deliver
The Institute for Colored Youth began as a Quaker
Before “Global Black Politics” Had a Name, Vicki Garvin Was Living It
From Harlem union halls to Ghana, Nigeria, and Mao
When Bobby Hutton Fell
His killing in 1968 did not simply end a young lif
Alice Ball’s Cure, and the Theft That Followed
Her chemistry helped turn a dreaded oil into a wor
Mary Jane Patterson and the Cost of Being First
Her name should sit much closer to the center of A
The Prophet of Airlie Gardens
How Minnie Evans turned visions, memory, and the lush terrain of coastal North Carolina into one of the most singular bodies of art in modern America.
What America Saw in Fred Hampton—and What It Feared
His speeches electrified rooms, but his real power was organizational: turning anger into institutions, rivals into allies, and local struggle into a broader theory of liberation.
Before the Renaissance, There Was Dunbar
Long before Langston Hughes and Claude McKay, Paul Laurence Dunbar was building a vocabulary for Black modernity—one poem, one performance, one contradiction at a time.
Three Days That Changed a State
Autherine Lucy Foster was pushed off campus by a mob in 1956. Her brief presence at the University of Alabama helped redraw the future of public education in the South.
The Genius America Would Not Fully Allow
Edward Alexander Bouchet broke one of the highest academic barriers in 1876, becoming the first self-identified Black American to earn a doctorate from an American university. The
What America Owed Black Education, One School Tried to Deliver
The Institute for Colored Youth began as a Quaker project, became a Black intellectual center, and helped shape the meaning of freedom, citizenship, and higher learning long before
Before “Global Black Politics” Had a Name, Vicki Garvin Was Living It
From Harlem union halls to Ghana, Nigeria, and Mao-era China, Garvin built a politics that treated Black freedom as inseparable from labor justice, women’s equality, and world re
When Bobby Hutton Fell
His killing in 1968 did not simply end a young life. It accelerated the mythology, militancy, grief, and national attention surrounding the Black Panther Party.
Alice Ball’s Cure, and the Theft That Followed
Her chemistry helped turn a dreaded oil into a workable treatment for leprosy. Her short life also exposed how easily brilliance could be erased when it belonged to a young Black w
Mary Jane Patterson and the Cost of Being First
Her name should sit much closer to the center of American educational history: a scholar of the “gentleman’s course,” a school leader in Washington and a builder of Black ins
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.
