BHM: Education from Segregation to Integration
The journey toward integration of the school systems in the United States began after Brown vs. Board. WVVA’s Joshua Bolden sat down with Bluefield…
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BHM: First Black Firefighter for the City of Bluefield
They are the first on the scene when fires blaze and he was first on the scene of history in 1978 when the City of Bluefield welcomed its first…
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Combing through hairstyle stereotypes
WEST VIRGINIA (WVVA)- A bill is currently making its way through the West Virginia Senate that would make it illegal for schools and employers to…
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UPDATE: CROWN Act ‘dethroned’ in West Virginia, bill banning hair discrimination in the schools and workplace
WEST VIRGINIA (WVVA)- In cased you missed it, hair discrimination on paper in the ‘Wild and Wonderful West Virginia,’ isn’t illegal. In a vote 8-14,…
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Senate unanimously passes Manchin, Capito resolution in honor of Katherine Johnson
A White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia native, Katherine Johnson not only completed groundbreaking work at NASA during the space race, but also broke…
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U.S. ‘honor roll’ of historic places often ignores slavery
The U.S. largely skirts the evil of slavery on antebellum plantations.…
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Black History Month Speaker Will Explore Diversity in New Decade
Fuller is a twenty-five-year professional in the areas of Diversity and Pan African…
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Black History Highlight: West Virginian mathematician critical to success of first spaceflight
Born in White Sulphur Springs Katherine Johnson had a passion for math early in life.…
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Dr. JeffriAnne Wilder participating in video conference at Concord University for Black History Month
ATHENS, W.Va. (WVVA) – Dr. JeffriAnne Wilder, a sociologist and leading scholar specializing in diversity, race relations and women’s…
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West Liberty University Honors Black History Month
The West Liberty University Elbin Library has a shelf featuring suggested…
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