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What was the first college in West Virginia formally to train Black teachers?
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By about what percentage did West Virginia's Black population increase between 1880 and 1930?
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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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What was the last segregated hotel in West Virginia?
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What was the last public college or university in West Virginia to admit Black students?
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Which former Charleston minister became the first Black president of Howard University in Washington, D.C.?
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Which one of the following is a Black funeral tradition in Appalachia?
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What provided for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people in the new state of West Virginia?
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On the eve of the Civil War, which county in present West Virginia had the most enslaved people?
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