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This West Virginia native was a NASA mathematician who made important calculations for the United States' early space program.
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During this decade, the last all-Black schools in West Virginia were closed due to the integration of public education.
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Who was the first licensed Black funeral director in West Virginia?
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Which Black lawyer won an early school discrimination lawsuit in 1887
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Which one of the following did NOT lead civil rights protests against businesses?
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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 first African American to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia?
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This Wheeling native was one of the most highly regarded saxophonists of the Swing Era, performing with the likes of Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, and Dizzy Gillespie.
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Who wrote the civil rights play Great Gettin' Up Mornin', which was broadcast on CBS-TV?
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On the eve of the Civil War, what was the only county in present West Virginia with no recorded enslaved people?
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