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Who was the first Black woman in West Virginia to hold a high-level state administrative position?
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Which U.S. senator argued at length (a filibuster) against the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
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What Lutheran minister from Clarksburg played an important role in the 1955 Birmingham Bus Boycott in Alabama?
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Which one of the following events was Charleston attorney T. G. Nutter NOT involved with?
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In 1850, which county's enslaved population did NOT make up at least 10 percent of its overall population?
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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 most influential newspaper editor in McDowell County in the early 1900s?
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Which of the following about Carter Woodson is NOT true?
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In the early 1930s, other than in larger cities, what part of the state did most Blacks live in?
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Huntington native and blues singer Mary McClain was the half-sister of what blues great?
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