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African Americans

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Booker T. Washington was a member of this church in Malden.
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During this decade, the last all-Black schools in West Virginia were closed due to the integration of public education.
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What year did West Virginia enact its first statewide anti-lynching laws?
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What was the last segregated hotel 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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Which Charleston native became the first African American to serve on the board of General Motors?
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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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Huntington native and blues singer Mary McClain was the half-sister of what blues great?
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On the eve of the Civil War, which county in present West Virginia had the most enslaved people?
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