West Virginia State University was one of the first historical black colleges to be established in West Virginia, and a key part of that founding involves a marriage between a slave and a slave ...

Harrison resident Eric Schmitt was well aware of his family’s unique lineage growing up. The 55-year-old is a descendent of ...

History buffs and nature lovers alike will find plenty to pique the senses on this scenic hiking trails that stretches from ...

The Justice Department‘s Civil Rights Division is undergoing a complete internal transformation under President Donald Trump’s second term — not just of enforcement strategy but of personnel, institut ...

California will not ban transgender athletes from competing in K-12 school sports or change its anti-discrimination policies to exclude them, becoming the second state after Maine to defy the Trump ...

April 4, 2017 - The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination against LGBTQ employees, after Kimberly Hively sues Ivy Tech Community College for ...

Those fears contributed to Mr. Holton’s defeats for the legislature but did not diminish his long-term goal that post-World War II Virginia should be a two-party state, one in which the friction ...

Step inside Virginia’s historic homes and discover spaces seemingly untouched by time, each preserving elegant details and ...

For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...

Slavery Patrols The USS Constellation splashed into the water at Gosport Navy Yard in Virginia on August 26, 1854. This ...

West Virginia v. B.P.J. will only be the third West Virginia case to be heard in the Supreme Court in the last 100 years.

Separating college football's best rivalries is no easy task. Who got left out of our top 100 and how was the top 10 built?