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African Americans

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This enslaved person helped defend Fort Donnally in the Greenbrier Valley heroically during an attack by Shawnee Indians in 1778.
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Who was the first Black woman in West Virginia to hold a high-level state administrative position?
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In what county was the African American tuberculosis sanitarium located?
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What was the last segregated hotel in West Virginia?
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This Monroe County native was one of the first Black bishops in the Methodist church nationally.
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Who was the first Black woman elected to the legislature in West Virginia?
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Hamilton Hatter was the first principal of this Historically Black College or University?
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Prior to 1954, what labor organization represented Black teachers in West Virginia?
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Which Charleston native was the first African American in the United States to serve as a state librarian?
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What was the first known Black-owned newspaper in West Virginia?
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