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In what county was the African American tuberculosis sanitarium located?
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Which resident of Gary started the NAACP's national Christmas Seal campaign?
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Which one of the following did NOT lead civil rights protests against businesses?
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Which U.S. senator argued at length (a filibuster) against the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
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What Keyser native co-wrote an opera about a slave revolt in Haiti?
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Which Charleston native became the first African American to serve on the board of General Motors?
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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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In the early 1930s, other than in larger cities, what part of the state did most Blacks live in?
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What provided for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people in the new state of West Virginia?
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