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The first African-American woman to head a West Virginia state government agency
What is Mildred Mitchell-Bateman
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widely regarded as the leading writer on black history of his time.
What is Carter G. Woodson
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a trailblazer in many aspects of West Virginia's black history. He broke ground in education, journalism, law, and civil rights.
What is J.R. Clifford
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as the first African-American military pilot from West Virginia and a member of the famous Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.
What is Spanky Roberts
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Home to 1st monument to African Americans of World War I
What is Kimball
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the school teacher and civil rights activist, was among the prominent black women in the institutional, social, and political life of the state. During the 1920s, she initiated the NAACP’s national Christmas Seal campaign, and later won the association’s coveted Madame C. J. Walker Gold Medal for her work.
What is Memphis Tennessee Garrison
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presided over Tuskegee Institute until his death on November 14, 1915. He wrote twelve books, the most famous of which, Up From Slavery (1906), recounted his early life in Malden.
What is Booker T. Washington
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named chair of Harvard University's African-American Studies Department. In 1994, Gates' award-winning book Colored People was published, chronicling his youth and the black community in Mineral County.
What is Henry Louis Gates
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is the commander of the Army Industrial Operations Command. His assignments have included a key logistics role in preparation for Desert Shield/Desert Storm as Deputy Chief of Staff, US Army Central Command
What is Maj. Gen. James W. Monroe
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Boyhood Home of Booket T Washington
What is Malden
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The first African-American woman elected to the West Virginia Legislature
What is Elizabeth Drewy
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Famed civil rights leader Leon H. Sullivan was born in Charleston on October 16, 1922. the first black board member of General Motors and encouraged the company and other corporations to use their economic influence to end apartheid.
What is Leon Sullivan
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Noted thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon and researcher
What is John C. Norman
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American jazz singer and songwriter arrested for possession of narcotics on May 19, 1947 and sentenced to serve a year and a day in Federal Prison Camp for women in Alderson, WV.
What is Billie Holiday
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Hundreds of African Americans died from scoliosis digging this tunnel
What is Hawks Nest
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becoming the first black woman in the nation to serve in a state legislature. However, Harper was never elected
What is Minnie Buckingham Harper
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first African American to serve in the West Virginia Legislature. He was born a slave in Monroe County on September 7, 1848, and was educated by his mother.
What is Christopher Payne
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is the only black West Virginia native enshrined in a major sports hall of fame.
What is Hal Greer
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He was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the U.S. Navy at the time, after the Medal of Honor and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. HPearl Harbore served on the USS West Virginia at
What is Dorrie Miller
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in June 1851, at the Wheeling market, near the upper end of the markethouse, there beheld a sight that people never forget, and which subsequently changed people view political thought and action.
What is Slave auction
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as the first black woman to become a solo pilot in the Civilian Pilot Training Program
What is Rose Agnes Rolls Cousins
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During the Civil War, he served as a physician and became the first commissioned black officer in the Union Army
What is martin Delany
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West Virginia State College Graduate - was the 1st African-American to play in the NBA
What Earl Lloyd
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born in East Gulf, Raleigh County, He won the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Korean War
What is born in Cornelius Charlton
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The Rumsell in Wayne county was used for this in the 1800's
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