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Why Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Matters to West Virginia Hip-Hop

As Charleston welcomes one of America’s leading public intellectuals for Juneteenth, West Virginia artists are building their own archive of Black Appalachian history through hip-hop. I’m in the Dear WV […]
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.