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African Americans

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This enslaved person helped defend Fort Donnally in the Greenbrier Valley heroically during an attack by Shawnee Indians in 1778.
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In what county was the African American tuberculosis sanitarium located?
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This abolitionist established Ceredo as a community for freed and fugitive enslaved people.
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Booker T. Washington was a member of this church in Malden.
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By about what percentage did West Virginia's Black population increase between 1880 and 1930?
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Which Wheeling citizen was the subject of a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court used the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to invalidate a state law?
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Which of the following facts about Booker T. Washington is NOT true?
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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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Who was the first psychologist to study how the race of a test's proctor can effect IQ testing?
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