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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was a landmark 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case related to what ritual of the school day?
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In 1865, about how long did a school year last in West Virginia?
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About how many schools did West Virginia build in 1869-70?
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This Putnam County building, which still stands, was first used as a school in 1849.
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In 1972, an institution of higher learning was established in this city to train primary care physicians for rural West Virginia.
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Charles Ambler created this part of West Virginia University.
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This was the first president of Storer College in Harpers Ferry.
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Which president of what is now West Virginia State University later worked for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to overturn school segregation nationally?
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Which southern writer, known as one of the "Fugitives" who advanced agrarian values in his literature, once chaired the West Virginia University English department?
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This 30-year history professor at what is now WVU Tech was West Virginia's first official Historian Laureate.
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