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African-Americans

Test your knowledge about the state’s African-American history.


1

This slave helped defend Fort Donnally in the Greenbrier Valley heroically during an attack by Shawnee Indians in 1778.

2

What was the first public school in West Virginia for Black children?

3

Booker T. Washington was a member of this church in Malden.

4

Which church sent missionaries to help enslaved people right after John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859?

5

In 1930, approximately what percentage of coal miners in southern West Virginia were Black?

6

This abolitionist established Ceredo as a community for freed and fugitive enslaved people.

7

This West Virginia native was a NASA mathematician who made important calculations for the United States' early space program.

8

In what county was the African-American tuberculosis sanitarium located?

9

She was the first African-American woman to serve as a member of a state legislative body in the United States.

10

What was the first college in West Virginia formally to train black teachers?

11

Which one of the following statements about aviator Marion County's George "Spanky" Roberts is true?

12

The former state 4-H camp for African-Americans was named for which two prominent black leaders?

13

Who was the first black woman in West Virginia to hold a high level state administrative position?

14

Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry?

15

Who was West Virginia's first African-American legislator?

16

During this decade, the last all-Black schools in West Virginia were closed due to the integration of public education.


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