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What was the main reason for the decline in West Virginia's Black population in the mid-1900s?
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Where was the second meeting of the Niagara Movement (which evolved into the NAACP) held?
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What was the last segregated hotel in West Virginia?
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What Charles Town native was the only African American commissioned as an officer during the Civil War?
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In 1850, which county's enslaved population did NOT make up at least 10 percent of its overall population?
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Which of the following about Carter Woodson is NOT true?
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What was the first known Black-owned newspaper in West Virginia?
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In the early 1930s, other than in larger cities, what part of the state did most Blacks live in?
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Which of the following was the subject of the 1977 film Banjo Man, narrated by folk/blues musician Taj Mahal?
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This Wheeling native played bass in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys?
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