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Two Miles. Two Legends. One West Virginia Valley That Helped Shape America.
Along a quiet stretch of the Kanawha River in West Virginia sit two small communities separated by just two miles — Malden and Rand. From this narrow pocket of Appalachian […]
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.
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As federal judge says third immigrant wrongly jailed in WV, jails overcrowded with ICE detainees
Gov. Patrick Morrisey has partnered with ICE to hold immigrant detainees in West Virginia jails.
WV Lawmakers push broadband accountability bill, again
But will it finally pass?
Black Love & Marriage According to The Advocate
The newspaper only survived 12 years but thanks to the foresight of the publisher, an archive of Black West Virginian marriages and wedding practices exists 114 years later.