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Which one of the following statements about aviator Marion County's George "Spanky" Roberts IS true?
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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 is a Black funeral tradition in Appalachia?
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Who is known as "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music?"
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This Wheeling native played bass in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys?
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Who wrote the civil rights play Great Gettin' Up Mornin', which was broadcast on CBS-TV?
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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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In the era of segregation, what was Clarksburg's Black high school called?
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Who led the psychology department of West Virginia State College (now University) for 40 years in the 20th century?
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