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LGBTQ Inclusion In Huntington And Reading Roadblocks In Prisons, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, will LGBTQ inclusion in Huntington stay strong under a new mayor as some civil rights face attack on the state level?

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Frank X. Walker And Flood Stories Past And Present, Inside Appalachia

This week, Affrilachian poet Frank X. Walker has a new collection of poetry that looks at Black life in Kentucky before, during, and after the Civil War. We also check in with the people affected by flo...

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Endangered Birds And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, nature photographer and conservationist Matt Williams has a passion for birds. His latest book is “Endangered and Disappearing Birds of Appalachia and the Southeast.” Bill Lynch spoke with Williams about the book and helping the bird population.

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The Rooted East Knoxville Collective Brings New Perspectives To Restorative Foodways Justice 

Across the country, poor and largely Black neighborhoods were bulldozed and replaced with new highways and civic centers in the 20th century. That concept is known as urban renewal — and it tore communities apart. Now, one woman in Knoxville, Tennessee, is using food to try to heal generations of damage in a city neighborhood. Folkways Reporter Wendy Welch has more.

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