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The former state 4-H camp for African Americans was named for which two prominent black leaders?
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What was the first college in West Virginia formally to train Black teachers?
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What was the first public school in West Virginia for Black children?
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By about what percentage did West Virginia's Black population increase between 1880 and 1930?
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Which one of the following did NOT lead civil rights protests against businesses?
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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 Charleston native was the first African American in the United States to serve as a state librarian?
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Which of the following facts about Booker T. Washington is NOT true?
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Which of the following compositions by Raleigh County native Bill Withers did NOT receive a Grammy Award?
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Which one of these universities was founded on the site of a former slave plantation?
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