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• Battle of Stanaford

  … men in Jackson’s house; one from a bullet in the back of his head. The Jacksons were an African-American family, and the men killed there were black. Elsewhere, three white miners were fatally wounded. When a Raleigh …

• Samuel W. Starks

  Born in Charleston in 1866, Samuel W. Starks became the first African-American in the United States to serve as a state librarian. Appointed to the position in 1901 by "Governor Albert Blakeslee White":http://www …

• Bluefield State University

  … southern West Virginia. Thousands of "African-Americans moved into mining":http … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/326, an African-American graduate of Bates College, … State was fully accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Teacher …

• Storer College

  … was the only college open to African-Americans in West Virginia. Frederick Douglass … the Freewill Baptists merged into the American Baptist Convention. The governance of Storer … retirement of McDonald in 1944. The African-Americans Richard I. McKinney and L …

• Leon Sullivan

  … ) was born in Charleston. Sullivan was an African-American preacher and social activist who led … about 70 U.S. cities and 15 African countries, the Philippines, and Poland. He … of leaders from the U.S. and African nations. Nominated for the Nobel Peace …

• Sumner School

  Sumner School, the first school for African-American children in West Virginia, was established as … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/421, a leader of the African-American community, traveled to Washington to request Abraham Lincoln’s support for the school. …

• John Brown

  … Ferry, ironically including "Heyward Shepherd":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/391, a free African-American of the town. John Brown was tried for murder, treason, and insurrection in the …

• Underground Railroad

  … endeavored to aid escaped slaves on their way to Canada or safe areas in the northern states. Free African-Americans, Quakers and other White sympathizers, and other Blacks still in slavery, played the most prominent role …

• Camp Brock

  … at the college who pioneered in health education for African-Americans, Camp Brock’s purpose was to feed … . The department proposed to build a permanent camp for African-American children in Fayette County similar to "Camp Fairchance":http://www. …

• Integration

  … in West Virginia had enrolled African-American students. Ironically, some of … , employment, voting, and public accommodations. African-Americans were concerned about discrimination … consequences. The closing of local African-American schools resulted in a …

• Vernacular Architecture

  … , the shotgun house, a one-story dwelling, one room wide and several rooms deep, is identified with African-American culture. Rooms open directly into each other without a hall, and all doorways are on axis with …

• Booker T. Washington

  … 37 students meeting in Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion, a log structure … among White northerners and southerners and African-Americans to bring economic prosperity to … was a lifelong member of "African Zion Baptist Church":http:// …

• Camp Washington-Carver

  … of having been the first "4-H":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2224 camp for African-Americans in the country, and its great chestnut lodge is the largest log structure in West Virginia. The …

• Watoga Land Association

  The Watoga Land Association was organized to offer African-Americans an opportunity to live among people of their race only. The separatist association was named for the community of Watoga, …

• Ralph Weinberg

  … , as well as music. Weinberg’s Danceland Attractions provided a vital and safe conduit for African-American performers to reach audiences through the South. He established a network of theaters and dance halls …

• Fannie Cobb Carter

  African-American educator Fannie Cobb (September 30, 1872-March 29, 1973) was born in Charleston in the … Cobb Carter returned to Charleston in 1962 and remained active in the African-American community until her death six months after her 100th birthday.

• Jefferson County

  … Thomas Jefferson. The earliest permanent European-American settlement probably occurred in the … Civil War, Delany became the first African-American field officer in the … establish an educational institution for African-Americans, "Storer College" …

• Johnnie Johnson

  … work in a Detroit defense plant. He entered the Marines in 1943 as one of the first 1,500 African-Americans admitted to the Corps, and became a member of the Special Service Band. Johnson performed in Chicago from …

• West Virginia Athletic Union Tournament

  … from 11 of West Virginia’s 24 African-American high schools took the court at … fans. Few hotels or restaurants would accept African-American customers, so when the teams … -54 in the final game. The remaining African-American high schools played in the West …

• West Virginia Baptist State Convention

  … ;Baptist":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/344 State Convention has served traditional African-American churches of West Virginia since 1878. … convention’s story begins with the "African Zion Baptist Church":http://www. …

• West Virginia Beacon Digest

  Benjamin Starks founded the _Beacon Journal_ in "Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1089 in 1957. Starks ran the newspaper business from his home with the help of his family. He published the _Beacon Journal_ every other month …

• Charles Town

  … . During the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, Delany became the first African-American field officer in the U.S. military. Charles Town is also the birthplace of poet, …

• West Virginia State Teachers’ Association

  … Education Association":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1037 membership was closed to them, African-American teachers began the WVSTA to facilitate their professional development and advance the education of …

• Kanawha County

  … , Welsh, Polish, "Hungarian":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/738, and "African-American":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/27 miners, "Jewish":https://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• West Virginia University

  … ruled a state’s colleges must admit African-American students to graduate courses that … graduate degree to its first known African-American student, Kenneth James. Victorine Louistall … for WVU basketball, with such All-American legends as Leland Byrd, Mark …