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Which one of the following statements about aviator Marion County's George "Spanky" Roberts IS true?
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What was the first college in West Virginia formally to train Black teachers?
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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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What was the last public college or university in West Virginia to admit Black students?
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Which Historically Black College or University closed in 1955 following the U.S. Supreme Court's integration ruling?
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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 one of the following is a Black funeral tradition in Appalachia?
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This Wheeling native played bass in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys?
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This Huntington native was a star of the Harlem Renaissance and performed with a popular radio quartet called the Four Bon-Bons.
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Who was the first psychologist to study how the race of a test's proctor can effect IQ testing?
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