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This abolitionist established Ceredo as a community for freed and fugitive enslaved people.
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In 1930, approximately what percentage of coal miners in southern West Virginia were Black?
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Who was the first licensed Black funeral director in West Virginia?
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Which Black lawyer won an early school discrimination lawsuit in 1887
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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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What Charles Town native was the only African American commissioned as an officer during the Civil War?
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Which one of the following events was Charleston attorney T. G. Nutter NOT involved with?
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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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Who is known as "West Virginia's First Lady of Gospel Music?"
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