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Who was West Virginia's first Black legislator?
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The former state 4-H camp for African Americans was named for which two prominent black leaders?
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Which church sent missionaries to help enslaved people right after John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859?
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By about what percentage did West Virginia's Black population increase between 1880 and 1930?
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Who was the first Black woman to become a solo pilot at West Virginia State's Civilian Pilot Training Program?
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Which West Virginia governor publicly called for integration in West Virginia following the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954?
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What provided for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people in the new state of West Virginia?
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Huntington native and blues singer Mary McClain was the half-sister of what blues great?
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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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Which one of these universities was founded on the site of a former slave plantation?
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