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Who was West Virginia's first Black legislator?
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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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Where was the second meeting of the Niagara Movement (which evolved into the NAACP) held?
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What year did West Virginia enact its first statewide anti-lynching laws?
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Which one of the following did NOT lead civil rights protests against businesses?
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This Monroe County native was one of the first Black bishops in the Methodist church nationally.
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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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Which of the following facts about Booker T. Washington is NOT true?
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What was the first known Black-owned newspaper in West Virginia?
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This Wheeling native played bass in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys?
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