Hartley's Department Store was more than happy to take money from Black Fairmont residents but not employ them for front-end positions. Catherine Dooley Taylor helped change that. "Hartley, they had a ...

At Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Fairmont, Senior Pastor Dr. Mark A. Staples says that they try to share Black history all year long, because Black history is “all our history.” ...

J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the ...

News is honoring Black history this February, which includes the achievements of Charlene Marshall, the former mayor of ...

Welcome to DJ’s 50’s & 60’s Diner in Fairmont, West Virginia – a nostalgic haven that’ll transport you back to the golden age ...

The gleaming chrome exterior of DJ’s shines like a freshly polished Cadillac, its neon sign a beacon of hope for hungry ...

It turns out the founder of the observation that eventually became Black History Month was from West Virginia ... Katherine Johnson, from White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., earned the Presidential ...

The Scenery Hill woman went missing Monday night in arctic-like temperatures and was discovered dead in her car the next day an hour south in Fairmont, W.Va., near White Day Golf Course ... which led ...

I lead the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, America’s Black think tank. When we opened our doors in 1970, ...

Rowan University senior Kate Herlihy scored her 1,000th career point last week. The Middle Township High School graduate scored 20 to go with three steals, two rebounds and two assists in a 64-47 win ...

Jahlil White (Wildwood ... two steals in Fairmont State’s 84-79 win over Point Park. He scored 15, grabbed nine rebounds and added four assists in a 93-76 win over Salem (West Virginia).

More than a third of Black NFL players who responded to questions from the AP about the state of Black head coaches around ...