WWII
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Notable People
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Challenge
100
On October 13, 1944, I received the Silver Star from Lieutenant General George S. Patton for my role in the liberation of Chateaudun, France. Who am I?
Private Ernest A. Jenkins
100
The famous Floridian started the Brevard County branch of the NAACP, organized the Florida statewide NAACP branch and then after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed a "whites only" primary, organized the Progressive Voters League. His activism eventually led to the death of him and his wife when their home was bombed on Christmas Day 1951. Who was the famous man from Florida?
Harry T. Moore
100
I started my career taking fashion photographs. In 1948, Life Magazine hired me as its first African American. I worked there for 20 years publishing some of the best photojournalism the magazine ever published.
Gordon Parks
100
In 1943, tensions between blacks and whites over jobs exploded into violence in some 47 U.S. cities. The deadliest of these riots occurred in what Midwestern city?
Detroit
100
In August of 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous, " I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH" in what American city?
Washington D.C.
200
It's been said that African Americans knew World War II primarily because of the so-called-DOUBLE V campaign. What were TWO "V's" that were part of the DOUBLE V campaign?
Victory over Fascism


Victory of Racism

200
What group in Washington, DC owned Constitution Hall, the city's largest auditorium, and wanted to keep blacks from performing there?
Daughters of the American Revolution
200
John H. Johnson rose form poverty to become the nation's most famous black publisher, he started what Reader's Digest style publication for African Americans in 1942?
Negro Digest
200
On January 15, 1941, I called for ten thousand African Americans to march on Washington demand the desegregation of the armed services and defense industries. Who am I?
Philip Randolph
200
Something historic happened to a former United States Senator form Chicago in November 2008. What significant event for America occurred November 4, 2008?
Barack Obama was elected president
300
Among those blacks who made great strides in the Arts during the time of World War II, Jacob Lawrence produced a series of 41 paintings of what famous revolutionary?
Toussiant L'Ouverture
300
Frederick Douglas Patterson and Mary McLeod Bethune helped form what major organization that would help dozens of students go to college?
United Negro College Fund
300
Hattie McDaniel played the role of Mammy in the 1939 film adaption of Margaret Mitche's Gone with the Wind. As a result, she later became the first African American to win what major honor?
Oscar
300
On April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson sang a rendition of what patriotic song and slightly changed the lyrics?
America
300
I became famous for refusing to give up my sear on a bus as part of the protest in Montgomery, Alabama. Who am I?
Rosa Parks
400
In 1943, these famous black pilots of the 99th Pursuit Squadron flew in the North African Campaign over Italy. What were these famous pilots known as?
Tuskegee Airmen
400
The Fair Employment Practices Committee or FEPC demanded that this Alabama company desegregate its workforce. What was the name of the company and what Alabama city was it located?
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company in Mobile
400
In 1947, what major league baseball team announced the signing of Pasadena, California native Jack Roosevelt Robinson?
Brooklyn Dodgers
400
It was on June 25, 1941, six days before thousands of African Americans were scheduled to march on Washington that THIS American President issued an Executive Order ending discrimination in the employment of defense workers or government based on race, creed, color or national origin. What was the name of the U.S. President?
Theodore Roosevelt
400
It took THREE ATTEMPTS. But eventually, these civil rights marchers led a voting rights demonstration in 1965 between what two Alabama cities?
Birmingham and Montgomery
500
While I started my military career in the Spanish-American War and became a colonel in 1930, 10 years later, I became the first African American general in the U.S. Army. Who am I?
Benjamin O. Davis
500
The United Negro College Fund was started in 1944 to help fund African American schools and students. What is its famous motto that is still used today?
"A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
500

Because of the man's doctoral thesis while a medical student at Columbia University, blood plasma came to be mass-production and helped save thousands of lives during World War II. Who was this famous medical professional?

Charles R. Drew
500
What world famous contralto was invited by Eleanor Roosevelt to sing at the White House and at what famous Washington D.C. landmark was transformed to protest the concert?
Marion Anderson


Lincoln Memorial

500
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior wrote a famous letter from inside a jail in what Alabama city?
Birmingham jail
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