Tag: KOLUMN Magazine

Nike’s Value Up $26 Billion Since Colin Kaepernick Endorsement | Black Enterprise

African American Activist, African American Athletes

Colin Kaepernick is helping Nike rake in big bucks. According to Yahoo, ever since the athlete-turned-activist endorsed the corporate sneaker giant, their company value has skyrocketed. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Nike’s stock reportedly rose over 18% since the announcement of the Kaepernick deal, adding a spectacular $26.2 billion to the Nike coffers and increasing its value at […]

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Hawaii, 1890: This Is the First Known Photograph Ever Taken of a Surfer! | Vintage Everyday

Hawaii

Dating back to 1890 this is perhaps the first photo ever taken of a surfer. The muscled Hawaiian beach man is photographed wearing a traditional loin cloth and shown standing in the shallows holding his rudimentary board. The original owner and the photographer are not known. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Surfing rituals and the sport itself continued […]

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Ghana granted citizenship to over 100 African Americans and Afro-Caribbeans as part of Year of Return |Quartz Africa

Ghana

As Osibisa’s “Welcome Home” played in the background, 126 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans, dressed in colorful traditional costumes, became Ghana’s newest citizens. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The oath of allegiance was administered by a judge in a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of government. The ceremony is the biggest highlight as Ghana marks 2019 as the Year […]

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From Living in a Shelter after Hurricane Katrina to Launching a Successful Bow Tie Company | Shoppe Black

#BuyBlack, African American Entrepreneurs

Oakland, CA based designer, Rashima Sonson is the owner of SONSON®, a bow tie brand that offers unique bow ties made of African wax print fabric, lamb leather, pearls, and Swarovski stones. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In 2005, her life drastically changed from the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. After being displaced to Philadelphia and living in […]

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As Democrats lurch left, black Christians stand firm in their values | Washington Examiner

African American Politics

Something remarkable just happened in St. Louis that you probably didn’t hear about. The Church of God in Christ, a seven-million-member black denomination, unanimously passed a historic resolution affirming the value and dignity of every human life and opposing the practice of elective abortion in America. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A key excerpt from the Resolution on […]

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