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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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Booker T. Washington was a member of this church in Malden.
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What year did West Virginia enact its first statewide anti-lynching laws?
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Which one of the following did NOT lead civil rights protests against businesses?
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What Lutheran minister from Clarksburg played an important role in the 1955 Birmingham Bus Boycott in Alabama?
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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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Which of the following about Carter Woodson is NOT true?
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What was the first known Black-owned newspaper in West Virginia?
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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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What jazz musician has been the long-time pianist for the radio program Mountain Stage?
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