When Ron Scott Jr. talks to Black students, he makes a point to remind them that Black history is integral to all history. In whatever they’re learning, he said, there is probably someone who looks like them that has made a significant contribution. “And you definitely know it’s true ...
In April of 1968 I was living in Cleveland, Ohio with my family. My father was the pastor of a medium size church and my mother was the church administrator. My father also worked as a United States Postman and my mother also worked for the Internal Revenue Service in downtown Cleveland. Our family also had a paper route. I am sure it was mine, but I needed help, and thank God they helped me. We had a paper route in the morning with The Cleveland Plain Dealer and the evening with The Cleveland Press. It was not the biggest route, but it was mine. The day we will never forget was ...
As we celebrate Black History Month, here are some of the most influential Black West Virginians, according to information provided by the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History: Mildred Mitchell-Bateman — She was the first Black woman to head a West Virginia state government agency. Born in Brunswick, Georgia, she came to West Virginia in 1946 as a staff physician at Lakin State Hospital for the mentally ill. Mitchell married William L. Bateman of Parkersburg on Christmas Day, 1947. She left Lakin to practice medicine privately and study psychiatry. Mitchell- Bateman ...
MOUNT PLEASANT — The village of Mount Pleasant was an important stop on the Underground Railroad and for about a year home to Benjamin Lundy, an early founder of the abolitionist movement. The village was established in 1803 by Jesse Thomas and Robert Carothers. According to National Park ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For America’s civil rights movement, 2020 was a tough year. Giants of the civil rights movement, John Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian, both died July 17. The Rev. Joe Lowery, who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died just four months before. All three worked closely over the years with King in the fight for racial justice and, for decades long after King was assassinated, these leaders still served as a light for that fight, said the Rev. Ron English, who served 21 years as head pastor at the First ...
FLUSHING — The Underground Railroad Museum will soon be reopened to allow visitors to view documentation and memorabilia relating to Black people and their part in American history. Museum Director Kristina Estle said while water damage from last year had shut down the building and the ...
