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Which one of the following statements about aviator Marion County's George "Spanky" Roberts IS true?
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What was the first college in West Virginia formally to train Black teachers?
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This West Virginia native was a NASA mathematician who made important calculations for the United States' early space program.
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What was the first public school in West Virginia for Black children?
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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 of the following facts about Booker T. Washington is NOT true?
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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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This murder ballad is about a McDowell County railroad worker who supposedly "shot down a man along that West Virginia line."
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Huntington native and blues singer Mary McClain was the half-sister of what blues great?
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