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In 1930, approximately what percentage of coal miners in southern West Virginia were Black?
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What was the first public school in West Virginia for Black children?
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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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By the end of 1957, how many of West Virginia's 55 counties were completely desegregated?
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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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What Lutheran minister from Clarksburg played an important role in the 1955 Birmingham Bus Boycott in Alabama?
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What Keyser native co-wrote an opera about a slave revolt in Haiti?
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Who is known as "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music?"
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What Logan native first achieved national acclaim after winning the "America's Got Talent" reality TV program in 2011?
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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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