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Nathan Cook Brackett
College founder Nathan Cook Brackett (July 28, 1836-July 20, 1910) was born in Phillips, Maine. He was a minister of the Free Will Baptist Church. Graduating from Dartmouth College in 1864, he joined the U.S. Christian Commission and was stationed in the …
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Bridges
… www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1870 Memorial Bridge, for the Charles Town native who became the highest-ranking African-American officer in Union service during the Civil War.
From 2020 to 2023, according to the the …
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Clint Thomas
Athlete Clinton Cyrus Thomas (November 25, 1896-December 2, 1990) was a star in the Negro Leagues, during the days of racial segregation in major league baseball. Thomas settled in "Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1089 after …
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Frank Hutchison
… (March 20, 1897-November 9, 1945) was an early country musician whose songs and style reflected African-American blues influence. Born in Raleigh County, the white Hutchison moved to Logan County in childhood and later …
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Indians
… in West Virginia, apparently combining Caucasian, African-American, and Indian ancestry. These … , of South Charleston; the Native American Indian Federation, of Huntington; the … ; and the Organization for Native American Interests, at West Virginia University …
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Virginia’s Chapel
… service. Two cemeteries are located on the chapel grounds. Local white residents are buried in one, and African-American slaves are buried in the other.
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Capital Punishment
… 60 years, West Virginia reflected another national trend: It executed a disproportionately high percentage of African-Americans. Forty African-Americans were put to death—42.5 percent of all executions. Census figures for …
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Jackson’s Mill
Jackson’s Mill, located near Weston in Lewis County, was Confederate "Gen. Thomas J. ‘‘Stonewall’’ Jackson’s":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/948 boyhood home and since 1921 has been the location of West Virginia’s state "4-H": …
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T. D. Jakes
Charismatic preacher and self-described spiritual physician, Bishop T. D. Jakes is senior pastor of the 30,000-member, nondenominational Potter’s House church in Dallas, Texas. Jakes’s message about the healing power of God’s word reaches national and …
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James Produce Company
The C. H. James family founded the James Produce Company and built it into one of the state’s most successful minority businesses. The business began in 1883 when Charles H. James and his brothers started as backpack peddlers serving the coalfields of …
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Weirton
… many nationalities from Europe, plus some from the Middle East, as well as a large number of African-Americans.
In its first decade after incorporation, the city built the Weirton Community Center, Weirton General Hospital, …
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Wertz Field
… of prominent Charleston businessmen.
In October 1933, American Airlines began passenger service between Washington and … military aviation. Most of the trainees were African-American students at West Virginia State College, and several went on to become …
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Ceredo
Ceredo is located on U.S. 60 in "Wayne County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/934, in the westernmost part of West Virginia. Reformer Eli Thayer established the town in 1857. Initially a ‘‘Free Soil’’ politician and later a Republican …
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Joseph Johnson
Virginia Governor Joseph Johnson (December 19, 1785-February 27, 1877) was born in Orange County, New York. He later lived in New Jersey and traveled with his mother and younger brother to Winchester, Virginia, in 1800. Leaving Winchester in the spring of …
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Charleston
Charleston, the "capital":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/947 of West Virginia and the state’s biggest city, is situated on the "Kanawha River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 at the mouth of "Elk River": …
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West Virginia State University
West Virginia State University is a public land-grant institution located at Institute, eight miles west of Charleston. It offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.
The university was founded as the West Virginia Colored Institute by the West …
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Cherokees
… 1760–62 and again during the American Revolution, they retained their independence and … role in the history of the American south.
Although the Cherokee claimed land … of Indian blood actually masked "African-American":https://www.wvencyclopedia. …
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Weston State Hospital
The Weston State Hospital housed West Virginians with mental health issues from 1864 to 1994. Built on 269 acres across the West Fork River from Weston, it was authorized by the Virginia legislature in the early 1850s as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum …
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Wheeling
Wheeling lies 57 miles below Pittsburgh on the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740. The manufacturing and commercial center of the "Northern Panhandle":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1700 and the county …
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Lakin Hospital
Created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature in 1919, Lakin State Hospital was established as an institution ‘‘for the care and cure of the mentally ill colored persons of this state.’’ The hospital began operations on February 1, 1926, when 162 …
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Bill Withers
Musician William Harrison ‘‘Bill’’ Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 - March 30, 2020), a popular 20th-century rhythm and blues singer, traced his roots to a West Virginia coal camp. Withers was born into a miner’s family of 13 children in Slab Fork, " …
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Carter G. Woodson
Historian Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875-April 3, 1950) spent his formative years in West Virginia. He was a historian, an author, and a publisher who began the systematic collection and dissemination of Black historical information. He was …
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World War I
… in the country erected to honor African-Americans who fought in World War … Prior to U.S. involvement, many Americans questioned the Wilson administration’s move … unarmed English passenger liner with many Americans aboard, West Virginians and other Americans …
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World War II
… the armed forces. Of the 11,000 African-Americans representing the state, 600 came … operations and the delivery of 13 American babies, Bradley received two Bronze Stars. … earned five battle stars. After leading American battleships into Tokyo Bay on August …
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Coalfield Baseball
"Baseball":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/396 was a vibrant force in industrial towns throughout West Virginia during the first half of the 20th century, especially in the coalfields. Coal companies looked for good players, usually …
