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New Year’s Didn’t Start at Midnight — It Started in the Kitchen
From cabbage with a coin to cornbread and prayer, how Black Appalachian families prepare for the year ahead. What y’all cooking? I’m cooking cabbage with a coin in it — […]
About Black By God

Centering Black stories and life in all their manifestations
Black By God is a community-led news organization that aims to provide a more nuanced portrayal of the Black Experience in West Virginia and Appalachia. Our name is a riff on the colloquial phrase West ‘by God’ Virginia that claims a unique place in central Appalachia.






