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In what county was the African American tuberculosis sanitarium located?
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What organization led sit-ins that integrated most lunch counters in downtown Charleston in 1958?
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School segregation was prohibited nationally in 1954. What year did West Virginia remove that clause from the state constitution?
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This Monroe County native was one of the first Black bishops in the Methodist church nationally.
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Hamilton Hatter was the first principal of this Historically Black College or University?
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Which West Virginia governor publicly called for integration in West Virginia following the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954?
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What was the last public college or university in West Virginia to admit Black students?
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Which Charleston native became the first African American to serve on the board of General Motors?
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In the era of segregation, what was Clarksburg's Black high school called?
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Who led the psychology department of West Virginia State College (now University) for 40 years in the 20th century?
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