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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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2
In 1928, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals integrated this city's two previously segregated public libraries.
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3
Which one of the following did NOT lead civil rights protests against businesses?
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Which one of the following was NOT the site of a desegregation protest?
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5
What Keyser native co-wrote an opera about a slave revolt in Haiti?
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Which one of the following events was Charleston attorney T. G. Nutter NOT involved with?
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7
Which of the following about Carter Woodson is NOT true?
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8
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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This Huntington native was a star of the Harlem Renaissance and performed with a popular radio quartet called the Four Bon-Bons.
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10
Who was the first psychologist to study how the race of a test's proctor can effect IQ testing?
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