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African Americans

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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 organization led sit-ins that integrated most lunch counters in downtown Charleston in 1958?
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Where was the second meeting of the Niagara Movement (which evolved into the NAACP) held?
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What year did West Virginia enact its first statewide anti-lynching laws?
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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 became the first African American to serve on the board of General Motors?
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Which of the following facts about Booker T. Washington is NOT true?
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Which of the following about Carter Woodson is NOT true?
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Who was the first African American to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia?
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On the eve of the Civil War, which county in present West Virginia had the most enslaved people?
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