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Which U.S. senator argued at length (a filibuster) against the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
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This Monroe County native was one of the first Black bishops in the Methodist church nationally.
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What was the last public college or university in West Virginia to admit Black students?
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What Keyser native co-wrote an opera about a slave revolt in Haiti?
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Which one of the following events was Charleston attorney T. G. Nutter NOT involved with?
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In 1850, which county's enslaved population did NOT make up at least 10 percent of its overall population?
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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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Who was the most influential newspaper editor in McDowell County in the early 1900s?
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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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Who was the first psychologist to study how the race of a test's proctor can effect IQ testing?
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