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Dear West V: A Love Letter to the 35th State
By: Matthew Young CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Hip-hop journalist, photographer, and storyteller Leeshia Lee has a very specialbirthday gift for the Mountain State this year, and she calls it “Dear West […]
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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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