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Who was the first Black woman in West Virginia to hold a high-level state administrative position?
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Which one of the following statements about aviator Marion County's George "Spanky" Roberts IS true?
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Which U.S. senator argued at length (a filibuster) against the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
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School segregation was prohibited nationally in 1954. What year did West Virginia remove that clause from the state constitution?
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This Monroe County native was one of the first Black bishops in the Methodist church nationally.
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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 Charleston native was the first African American in the United States to serve as a state librarian?
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Which Wheeling citizen was the subject of a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court used the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to invalidate a state law?
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In the early 1930s, other than in larger cities, what part of the state did most Blacks live in?
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Which of the following compositions by Raleigh County native Bill Withers did NOT receive a Grammy Award?
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