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Which one of the following statements about aviator Marion County's George "Spanky" Roberts IS true?
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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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This Monroe County native was one of the first Black bishops in the Methodist church nationally.
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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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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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What Keyser native co-wrote an opera about a slave revolt in Haiti?
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What provided for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people in the new state of West Virginia?
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What Logan native first achieved national acclaim after winning the "America's Got Talent" reality TV program in 2011?
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Who wrote the civil rights play Great Gettin' Up Mornin', which was broadcast on CBS-TV?
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