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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
All About the Image
Mickalene Thomas makes paintings that look like ce
Rock Creek Park, After Dark, Forever
A chant, a groove, a portrait of D.C. nightlife—
Ahead of America
Wilma Rudolph became an icon at 20. The harder wor
Order, Fire, and the Cost of a Black Education
From Charleston’s tightening laws to Wilberforce
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
All About the Image
Mickalene Thomas makes paintings that look like celebration until you realize they’re also arguments—about desire, power, history, and who gets to be seen.
Rock Creek Park, After Dark, Forever
A chant, a groove, a portrait of D.C. nightlife—then a sample library for generations. The Blackbyrds’ signature track refuses to age.
Ahead of America
Wilma Rudolph became an icon at 20. The harder work came later: building a life—and a public purpose—after the cameras moved on.
Order, Fire, and the Cost of a Black Education
From Charleston’s tightening laws to Wilberforce’s near-collapse, Daniel Payne’s life reads like a ledger of what it took to make learning nonnegotiable.
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.
