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1
Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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2
Which resident of Gary started the NAACP's national Christmas Seal campaign?
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  4. D.
3
Which one of the following did NOT lead civil rights protests against businesses?
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4
What was the last public college or university in West Virginia to admit Black students?
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5
What Keyser native co-wrote an opera about a slave revolt in Haiti?
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6
Who was the most influential newspaper editor in McDowell County in the early 1900s?
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7
Which one of the following is a Black funeral tradition in Appalachia?
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8
This Wheeling native played bass in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys?
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9
What Piedmont native and Storer College graduate was known as "the little giant of jazz" because of his innovative arrangements laid the foundation for the big band era?
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10
Which of the following compositions by Raleigh County native Bill Withers did NOT receive a Grammy Award?
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