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Carter G. Woodson’s West Virginia Wasn’t ‘Trump Country,’ it Was a Land of Opportunity

For young Carter G. Woodson, West Virginia shimmered in the distance, a not-so-far-off land of opportunity. Of his…

byCynthia R. Greenlee

February 28, 2018