For young Carter G. Woodson, West Virginia shimmered in the distance, a not-so-far-off land of opportunity. Of his decision to set off for this frontier as a teenager in the 1890s, the future “father of Black History Month” wrote that his home state of Virginia, “like most of the worn-out […]
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Each Thursday in Fayette County, West Virginia, Twanna Warner-Burton stands before a group of people gathered by WorkForce West Virginia, the state agency managing unemployment. But she’s not there to talk about jobs. As a rural advocate for sexual violence victims, Warner-Burton focuses on introducing herself to the group and […]
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In the summer of 2014, I moved from Brooklyn to Morgantown, West Virginia, for graduate school. Although I was hesitant about moving “south,” I pride myself on resilience. That day in early August, the heat was oppressive. It felt as though a layer of smog encompassed the whole town. Driving […]
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