J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

Jayne Anne Phillips, Buckhannon native and 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner, will speak at the 2025 West Virginia Book Festival on ...

Echoes of the Past' is an article series exploring connections between the WVU sports, the state of West Virginia, and ...

Matewan, West Virginia. May 19, 1920. Police Chief Sid Hatfield sits in the town square. He's declined bribes and payoffs to help protect the coal miners of Matewan but the Baldwin Felts detective ...

A private collection that features over 650 items focusing on African American history and culture including photographs, ...

Content warning: This piece includes an account of an apparent suicide.

Tim Kaine, D-Va., himself a former Richmond mayor and civil rights lawyer, recounted Marsh’s mentorship. As a student at Virginia Union University, Marsh testified before state lawmakers to ...

Richmond's First Black Mayor Is Remembered as a Civil Rights Fighter and Trailblazer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Current and former Virginia elected leaders speaking at this weekend's service for the ...

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – The Library of Virginia is hosting a film screening of “Bridge of Spies,” a film about a Virginia pilot who was shot down during the Cold War, in late February.

The project entry fee for the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards 2025 must be paid upon submission. Project entries are free for local councils and companies with fewer than 40 employees. There ...