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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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What was the first public school in West Virginia for Black children?
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What city's Triangle District was home to African Americans and immigrants from many eastern European countries?
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What year did West Virginia enact its first statewide anti-lynching laws?
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By the end of 1957, how many of West Virginia's 55 counties were completely desegregated?
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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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What was the last segregated hotel in West Virginia?
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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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This Wheeling native played bass in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys?
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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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