Word on the West Virginia Bloc

WORD ON THE BLOC?

Issue #2?Multifest. Midwifery. Memory.

Our second print issue is in the world!

Five thousand copies have been distributed across West Virginia with a USPO mailing of 100 to Appalachian ex-pats across America, including one international recipient. We are slowly getting all of our print content online, and we are proud of this issue.

BBG is thankful to the many hands that helped create and distribute this issue. We learned so much and are rethinking what is possible as a publisher as we listen to the information needs of our community. As a result, we have a greater awareness of the news landscape across West Virginia (because we saw for ourselves) and the sad awareness that so many Main Streets across West Virginia are absent of storefront Black businesses and shoppers.

BBG is committed to Black visibility across West Virginia.

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bbg founder crystal good in harpers ferry wv, december 2021? photo by ashley york

News to Know and Some You Wish You Didn’t

Original BBG Content ?

African American Public Dissent In West VirginiaHow public tensions of African American leaders openly advanced debate and provide forums for philosophical disagreement by David Fryson | BBG

Multifest still a beacon of the need for the Black pressMultifest’s success story points to the power of the Black press by Joe Severino | BBG

Racism x RedistrictingRepublican Legislators Recognize Racism and White Supremacy In West Virginia by Rebekah Aranda | BBG

BBG was shocked to read “America and the myth of Sisyphus once we quit trying to make sense of America, America makes sense” commentary by Mike Jones in The St. Louis American a Black-owned newspaper that suggestsJoe Manchin’s policy decisions do not impact Black West Virginians.?

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