Historical Black Regiments
Who was the first all-Black U.S. combat unit shipped overseas in WWI?
The Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment)
When black men were allowed to register and enlist in the military?
What is September of 1940
What type of pressure is double consciousness?
Outside pressure
What is the name of the all Black women battalion?
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
What was the name of the committee created to combat attack on black veterans ?
National Emergency committee in 1946?
What battalion was reactivated in 1946 to fight in the Korean War?
78th Tank Battalion
What jobs black men wasn’t suitable for in the military?
Who is the famous black author who developed the term double consciousness?
DuBois
Who was the commander of the postal directory battalion?
Major/Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley
what was the name of the guy that was beaten so bad that he was permanently blind from arguing with bus driver?
Issac Woodard
What plane were the Tuskegee Airmen known for flying?
P-51 Mustang
What are the jobs black men were able to work during military?
What’s is general labor, chef , mechanics
“One feels his two-ness – an American, a Negro;
two souls, two thoughts,(fill in the blank)
two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals
Who is the oldest living member of the battalion and how old is she?
Romantic Davis- 103
what was the name of the black veteran that was lynch in LA?
John C. Jones
What battalion liberated 30 towns on their way into Germany?
The 761st Tank Battalion
What is 88 black men
Who wrote this quote?
“Double consciousness is the struggle African Americans face to remain true to Black culture while at the same time conforming to the dominant white society”
Stanford Encyclopedia
What are some of the problems the women faced in organizing the mail?
Recipients with similar names, nicknames were used, insufficient addresses or service members moved
what year did japanese surrender ?
Sept 2, 1945
What two groups made up the Tuskegee Airmen?
99th Pursuit Squadron and 332nd Fighter Group
How many African American men served in the military
What is 1.2 million African American men
What were the 2 benefits of having a double consciousness?
Strength and perhaps far greater effort to hold it together than his white predecessors.
advances modal logic
What was the motto of the 6888th battalion?
No mail- No Morale
Finish this sentence
Returning from war, ..................
Returning from war, Returning to racism