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West Virginia Black Heritage / Kelly Miller Scholarship Now Open for 2026 Graduates
Graduating seniors across West Virginia have an opportunity to receive financial support for college or career training through the West Virginia Black Heritage / Kelly Miller Scholarship, administered by Your […]
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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.
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Talent Isn’t the Problem. Getting There Is.
At an MLK Day celebration, a group of Charleston teens shared a familiar truth — they’ve earned the opportunity, but access is standing in the way.
WV House committee advances bill that could lower child labor standards
House Bill 4005 would remove the list of prohibited hazardous occupations from law and tie West Virginia law to federal Department of Labor Standards. This would lead to a loss in certain protections for sixteen and seventeen-year-olds, if the U.S. Department of Labor loosens its standards.
What Morrisey’s State of the State means for Black West Virginia
What the governor will be prioritizing in 2026 — and what’s missing for our communities.
Morrisey paints a rosy, somewhat inaccurate, picture of WV’s economy
During his second State of the State address, the Governor outlined key legislative goals, including tax cuts, tourism, infrastructure and growing the workforce to strengthen the economy.