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African Americans

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This abolitionist established Ceredo as a community for freed and fugitive enslaved people.
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During this decade, the last all-Black schools in West Virginia were closed due to the integration of public education.
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Which Black lawyer won an early school discrimination lawsuit in 1887
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Which one of the following did NOT lead civil rights protests against businesses?
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Who was the first Black woman to become a solo pilot at West Virginia State's Civilian Pilot Training Program?
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What Charles Town native was the only African American commissioned as an officer during the Civil War?
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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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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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