ENsuring the legacy of this magazine is important now more than ever. Recent legislation has targeted spaces the Black community holds sacred, but it is imperative that we do what we can as a community to keep taking up space. "In The Black" is the career issue of Nineteen Fifty-Six. I wanted this issue to serve as inspiration as well as a place to acknowledge students, faculty and other members of the Black community in the South that we take up space in every avenue of professionalism.

We interviewed Black professionals in careers across a multitude of disciplines. We gained insight on the importance of pursuing avenues that satisfy creative and professional aspirations. We also shed light on the pressures Black people face in the policing of our appearance and demeanor in the workplace. Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, shared how despite the rigor of a career, professionals can still make time for their interests and can be made all the better for it.

I hope that this issue resonates with the Black student body as much as it does with me and that moving forward, we will all be a little less scared and a lot more eager to take uP space, wherever it may be.