Important Figures and Symbols
The NAACP journal The Crisis was authored/headed by who?
W.E.B. Du Bois
(pg. 3, second paragraph)
This ocean lies between America and Europe
Atlantic
(common knowledge hopefully)
The 369th Infantry Regiment included an excellent 44-piece jazz band and a bandmaster by the name of
James Reese Europe
(pg. 20, last paragraph)
"This regiment never lost a man captured, a trench, or a foot of ground... and... it had less training than any American unit before going into action."
Harlem Hellfighters/369th Infantry
(pg. 12, first paragraph)
This is what African Americans had to deal with heavily in America, but not so much in France
Racism
(common knowledge hopefully)
The "rival" of W.E.B. Dubois and founder of the Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
(no reference, hope you know your history :))
The Harlem Hellfighters landed here after setting for sail in December 1917 from Long Island
(Many of our U.S. infantry also landed here)
Port of Brest
(pg. 11, second paragraph)
In one city Noble Sissle moved his listeners to tears by singing this song in both English and French
"Joan of Arc"
(pg. 21, second paragraph)
The 370th Infantry also received a famous nickname by the Germans for their "daring in combat".
Black Bastards
(pg. 12, first paragraph)
During the month of September 1918, black stevedores set a record by unloading how many tons of cargo per day for several weeks.
Hint: The French estimated that 6,000 tons of cargo could only be moved over an entire month.
25,000 tons!
(pg. 8, first paragraph)
The 369th Infantry Regiment brought what style/genre of music to France that played a key role in the life of Paris's black community during the 20th Century
Jazz
(pg 20, last paragraph)
On September 3, a German airplane dropped leaflets over a section of this front where the 367th regiment was stationed
the Vosges front
(pg. 13, second paragraph)
As a token of their esteem for their hosts, African American GIs contributed this many francs to a fund for French war orphans.
300,000
(pg. 22, second paragraph)
In August 1918 the army drew up guidelines to explain to the French how they should treat black soldiers. This document was called __________
Secret Information Concerning Black American Troops
(pg. 14, last paragraph)
Matthew Virgil Boutte was a Creole from Louisiana, with degrees from which two universities
Fisk University and the University of Illinois
(pg. 16, First paragraph)
This man was the secretary to Booker T. Washington and adviser to the War Department on Negro affairs.
Emmett J. Scott
(pg. 12, first paragraph)
The name of the theatre in Paris where Europe's jazz orchestra won further acclaim.
Hint: attended by a powerful figure
Theatre des Champs-Elysees
(pg. 21, 3rd paragraph)
In March 1919, W.E.B. Du Bois published a landmark article ____________ in The Crisis
The Black Man in the Revolution of 1914-1918
(pg. 22, second paragraph)
The 370th infantry fought the last battle of World War I, capturing a German train minutes after what was declared.
Armistice: truce, ceasefire, any of these will be accepted.
(pg. 12, second paragraph)
In November of 1918, the 369th Infantry achieved a singal honor when it became the first Allied unit to advance to where symbolizing Germany's defeat
Rhine River
(pg. 12, first paragraph)
In August 1918 Europe's jazz orchestra won further acclaim when it played a concert at a well known theatre in Paris at the time, attended by this authoritative official
President Raymond Poincare
(pg. 21, third paragraph)
Movement like Pan-Africanism and negritude would bring blacks from which 3 places to Paris to explore common experiences with racism.
Must name all 3, THINK BIG
America, Africa, and the Caribbean
(pg. 20, third paragraph)
This French writer had painted a lurid portrait of life in the Dark Continent, a.k.a. Africa, emphasizing savagery and cannibalism under the hot tropical sun because most French people during the 20th Century had never seen an African face to face.
Pierre Loti
(pg. 16, Encounters With The French, first paragraph)
The 369th Infantry received this award from the French Army for their bravery and success in battle on the Champagne front
Croix de Guerre
(pg. 12, first paragraph)
Colonel Allen Greer said that this DIVISION of black soldiers "failed in all their missions, laid down and sneaked to the rear."
92nd Division, most blame on the 368th Regiment.
(pg. 12-13, last to first paragraph)