Digging Into Halloween’s Rich History, This West Virginia Morning
Halloween is more popular than ever. We speak with WVU religious studies professors to learn more about the holiday's rich history.
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West Virginia Mine Wars
New Graphic Novel Illustrates The West Virginia Mine Wars
The West Virginia Mine Wars are an important but little known piece of American history. Coal miners in southern West Virginia had been trying to organize a union, while coal companies tried to stop them. Strikes and violent clashes ensued, culminating in the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. A version of the story is told in the new graphic novel “Black Coal and Red Bandanas: An Illustrated History of the West Virginia Mine Wars.” Mason Adams spoke with its author, Raymond Tyler.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Mine Wars Come Alive For Young Readers And Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, a young adult author hopes to bring the story of the struggle to unionize coal mines to today’s young readers, and our Song of the Week.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFebruary 25, 1903: Lawman Cunningham Leads an Armed Posse into Stanaford
On February 25, 1903, an early labor-related shootout took place at Stanaford, near Beckley. At dawn, Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Cunningham led an armed…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWVU Center Lands Another Grant To Digitize Newspaper Archive
A project to digitize historical newspaper archives in West Virginia has landed another grant.The West Virginia University Libraries' West Virginia &…
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August 28 1921: Armed Miners March on Blair Mountain
In August 1921, armed coal miners from the Kanawha Valley and the southern counties of Boone, Fayette, Mingo, McDowell, and Logan gathered at Marmet in…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMay 28, 1962: Labor Spy C.E. Lively Dies in Huntington
Labor spy C. E. Lively died in Huntington on May 28, 1962, at age 75. Lively first came to Matewan in Mingo County in 1920 and joined the union during the…
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