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The Kanawha County Textbook War,also known as the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy,was a violent school control struggle in the 20th century United States. It led to the largest protests ever in the history of Kanawha County,West Virginia,the shooting of one bystander,and extended school closings. The controversy erupted in 1974 when new,multicultural textbooks were introduced that some parents considered blasphemous.
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The 1984 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6,1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose 6 electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States. West Virginia was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California,who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President and former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas,and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York,the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of West Virginia. He was a prominent lawyer in Charleston,where he practiced law for over 50 years. Born in Romney in 1886,Flournoy was the son of West Virginia State Senator Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy. Flournoy was a grandson of Hampshire County Clerk of Court John Baker White and a nephew of West Virginia Attorney General Robert White and West Virginia Fish Commission President Christian Streit White. He was also a relative of Thomas Flournoy,United States Representative from Virginia.
The 1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4,1952,as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8,1932,as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
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