CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Kanawha County school textbooks were once the cause of the most violent textbook protest in U.S. history, involving vandalism, fighting and even firebombing. The 1974 ...

“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” –Ecclesiastes 1:9 A fury over the content ...

included a discussion of Kanawha County in a speech to the Platform Committee at the 1976 Republican National Convention. Moore, he said, recognized that the school district was using textbooks ...

As the school year comes to an end, local libraries are finding ways to help students avoid that “summer slide” in learning ...

On April 11, 1974, the Kanawha County Board of Education voted to acquire new textbooks. This resulted in a series of violent incidents including school bombings, mass protests, and numerous arrests.