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Who was West Virginia's first Black legislator?
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This West Virginia native was a NASA mathematician who made important calculations for the United States' early space program.
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Which one of the following was NOT a historically Black college or university?
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Which one of the following was NOT the site of a desegregation protest?
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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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In the early 1930s, other than in larger cities, what part of the state did most Blacks live in?
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Who is known as "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music?"
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Huntington native and blues singer Mary McClain was the half-sister of what blues great?
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Where was the first building in the country constructed to honor Black World War I veterans?
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