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• African-American Coal Miners

  … the turn of the century through the early 1930s, African-Americans made up between 20 percent and 26 … , swimming pools, and medical facilities—discriminated against Blacks. By the late 20th century African-American miners had dropped to less than three …

• African-American Education

  … Elder Lewis Rice of the "African Zion Baptist Church":http:// … In some cases, cooperative arrangements allowed African- American students to cross county … process was essentially complete, with African-American students and teachers participating …

• African-American Heritage

  … evidence suggesting his innocence. As elsewhere, African-Americans developed a variety of … .org/articles/344 and "African Methodist Episcopal":http://www … was a ‘‘heart-breaking’’ development. African-Americans responded to declining economic …

• African Zion Baptist Church

  … live in Malden, teaching Sunday School at African Zion. Washington clerked and married his … kept his membership in the church. African Zion’s architectural style is typical for … , the church is part of an African-American heritage nucleus in the middle …

• African Methodist Episcopal Church

  The African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church originated in 1787 when … main difference remains racial identity. The African Methodist Episcopal Church sent missionaries to … members. By 1936, the number of African Methodist Episcopal churches in West …

• Reconstruction

  … threaten preexisting racial relations. While spared the worst of the Jim Crow period that followed, "African-Americans":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/27 emerged from the Civil War and Reconstruction as second …

• Hal Greer

  … coach "Cam Henderson":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/358, Greer was the first African-American athlete to play at "Marshall College":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1529 (now …

• Spanky Roberts

  Aviator George Spencer ‘‘Spanky’’ Roberts (September 24, 1918-March 8, 1984) was the first African-American military pilot from West Virginia and a member of the famous Tuskegee Airmen during "World War II& …

• Rock Lake Pool

  … segregated even after the 1964 Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination in places of public accommodation. African-American clergymen Homer Davis and Paul Gilmer led those seeking to desegregate Rock Lake, the …

• Scotts Run

  … foreign-born and 10 percent to 20 percent African-Americans. When the demand for coal subsided in the mid-1920s, the northern … agencies, such as the Red Cross, the American Friends Service Committee, and Presbyterian and Methodist …

• Della Brown Taylor Hardman

  … 758) to a showing in West Africa. Hardman is considered one of the most influential female and African-American artists from West Virginia. She later moved to Massachusetts, and was awarded the first Humanitarian Award …

• ‘‘John Hardy’’

  … ballad recounting actual events from the life of an African-American railroad worker who killed a man over … and "John Henry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/361, the legendary African-American railroad worker who battled a steam drill in …

• Minnie Buckingham Harper

  … May 15, 1886-February 10, 1978) was the first African-American woman to serve as a member of … appointment reflected both the growing role of women in American politics and the maturation of an African-American political coalition in southern West Virginia, …

• Art and Artists

  … , the nation’s earliest identified professional African-American painter, and Charles Peale … so-called Hudson River School of American landscape painters, including T. Worthington … /articles/225, a prominent figure in American art history. Anshutz’s famous …

• Hamilton Hatter

  African-American educator Hamilton Hatter was born in Jefferson County about 1856. … Jefferson County, where most party members were African-American in the years after the … held their county convention in August 1892, African-Americans worked to have a Black …

• John Henry

  … , tall tales, folk art, sculpture, film, and theater. In popular culture he grew to represent an African-American hero of quiet, steadfast resistance, a labor hero who fought to protect the dignity of work and the …

• Hilltop House

  … the spectacular landscape at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. It was established by the African-American Lovett family in the late 19th century and has changed hands numerous times since then. The …

• Heyward Shepherd

  Heyward Shepherd was an African-American killed at Harpers Ferry on October 17, 1859, by "John Brown’s raiders":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/668. In life, Shepherd was a porter at the local railroad …

• History of West Virginia

  … years ago. Over the centuries, Native Americans, or Indians, evolved through three major … . At the same time, like other Americans, West Virginians have serious concerns regarding … and other nationalities, as well as African-Americans from the South. These …

• Robert W. Simmons

  … . His concern for his own children and other young African-Americans of Parkersburg propelled him in 1862 to take … 1872 and 1876 national conventions. As a politician, who for years controlled the local African-American vote and wielded statewide power, he …

• Mary Behner

  … depressed coal market of the late 1920s. Thousands of families, including numerous immigrants and "African-Americans":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/25, were stranded by changing economic tides. Behner …

• Holidays and Celebrations

  … , West Virginians observe the same holidays as other Americans and celebrate them in similar fashion. These … Jewish population, while Muslim West Virginians honor Ramadan and other Islamic holidays. Some African-Americans observe Kwanzaa instead of or in …

• Slavery

  … and fence land and to erect housing. African-Americans cleared the forest, split rails, and removed rocks from fields. They … Western Virginia’s political destiny. From the American Revolution, slavery affected every political question …

• Ada ‘‘Bricktop’’ Smith

  … New York saloon keeper Barron Wilkins gave her the nickname ‘‘Bricktop’’ for her red hair, unusual for an African-American. Smith performed in Paris in 1924, where Cole Porter is said to have written the song ‘‘ …

• Sports

  … team were later among the first African-Americans to play in the … of WVU basketball. Led by All-Americans Mark Workman (1952), "Rod … .org/articles/65, the first American woman to win a gold … I-A, joining the Mid-American Conference (MAC). That year, led …