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African Americans

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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 college in West Virginia formally to train Black teachers?
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In what county was the African American tuberculosis sanitarium located?
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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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School segregation was prohibited nationally in 1954. What year did West Virginia remove that clause from the state constitution?
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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 was the last public college or university in West Virginia to admit Black students?
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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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This Wheeling native played bass in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys?
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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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