MATEWAN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, located in Matewan, West Virginia, is launching the Mingo County Black History Project, according to a news release.

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at July 3, 1863: At Gettysburg, Union troops in the 1st West Virginia ...

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 ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: THE WEST VIRGINIA ENCYCLOPEDIA AT WWW.WVENCYCLOPEDIA.ORG. May 12–14, 1921: Bullets peppered down ...

“Colored People: A Memoir” follows the coming-of-age story of literary critic and professor, Henry Louis Gates Jr., as a young black man in Piedmont, West Virginia. This memoir offers insight into how ...

Kenzie New Walker, executive director of Matewan’s West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, attests that council grants “have enabled us to create new permanent exhibits, support Appalachian authors ...

Matewan, a 1987 film based on the events of a coal miners’ strike in southern West Virginia, has been selected to join the National Film Registry.

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 ...