🖤 Today in Black History… On December 2, 1955, a Black man in Richmond named Robert Leon Bacon wrote directly to Virginia governor Thomas B. Stanley, the public face of “Massive Resistance” to school desegregation after Brown v. Board. On TV, officials talked about “states’ rights” and “order.” In Bacon’s life, it meant that the law, the police, and white citizens worked together to keep him in fear. From his home on West Marshall Street, Bacon described how he could not safely look at a white

16K views · 83 reactions | FIRE CALL at Harlow’s: The Pineville Fire Department responded to a call at the popular doughnut shop Wednesday afternoon for what turned out to be an electrical fire quickly put out with an extinguisher. (Photo credit: MySherie Johnson) | KALB News Channel 5 | Facebook

Have you visited Pineville? We love this small town in Wyoming County and the lovely folks who call it home! Time for a road trip! Pinnacle Drive Inn Ole Jose Grill and Cantina West Virginia State Parks - Twin Falls Pat's Fashions & Tax Service Pineville Furniture Nosin & Shoppin Visit Southern West Virginia Wyoming County Convention & Visitors Bureau The Gamer’s Arcade & Game Room The Armstrong Luxurious Lodging | WV Living Magazine

39K views · 1.1K reactions | West Virginia coal miners arrive for tonight’s special WVU Coal Rush Game in Morgantown. The men and women that mine the coal that lights the world and forges the steel to build a stronger nation. | Friends of Coal West Virginia | Facebook

President Trump’s voters in West Virginia like his championing of the coal-mining industry yet worry about possible curbs in mine inspections and the end of black-lung tracking. Read more: 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/43cYEYl | The Wall Street Journal