Take Our Stand Exhibit
Try the Take Our Stand Quiz!
Robert Penn1) Sailor Robert Penn was awarded the Medal of Honor in the
    Spanish-American War for:

a) Defending the USS Texas against a Spanish attack
         at Guantanamo Bay
b) Evacuating wounded sailors from the USS Maine in Havana Harbor
c) Putting out a boiler room fire aboard the USS Iowa


Sixth Virginia Volunteer Infantry2) In 1898 black officers of the Sixth Virginia Volunteer Infantry
    resigned because:

a) They were required to take a test to prove their capabilities
b) White officers were paid more for performing the same job
c) Black officers were not permitted to command troops in combat


Charles Young3) Charles Young was:

a) The first Black officer to deploy for Europe in World War I
b) The only Black officer to command French troops
c) The first African American military attaché


4) Henry Johnson was decorated for valor in 1918 for:

a) Repelling a German attack while on guard duty
b) Capturing 18 German soldiers at the Battle of Meuse-Argonne
c) Rescuing wounded comrades while under enemy fire at the
         Second Battle of the Marne


Benjamin O. Davis, Sr5) In 1940 Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. achieved recognition as:

a) The first Black military attaché to Great Britain
b) The first African American general
c) The first commander of the Tuskegee Airmen


Seabees6) In 1945 Black Seabees on Iwo Jima served as medics because:

a) Military medical personnel were in short supply
b) White medics were reluctant to treat Black Marines
c) Seabees were specially trained in both construction and first aid


Truman7) In 1948 President Truman signed Executive Order 9981 which:

a) Provided equal pay for Black and White military personnel
b) Addressed equality of treatment and opportunity for Blacks
          in the U.S. military
c) Authorized Black officers to lead troops in combat