Black Historical Trivial Trivia

[Boris The Animal]

Which famous American Army division deployed troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, by order of the President, to escort 9 black high school students to Central High School- amid racist protests?


I served in that division right out of airborne school.

And they were carrying assault rifles!

That would be the 101st Airborne Division. Speaking of which, this particular group during WWII was known as the 99th Airborne Squadron, AKA the "Red Tails" These pilots never lost a bomber while on escort duty and gave Hitler's troops conniption fits because of their aggressiveness. Now, what was their nickname?

[Safety]

That would be the 101st Airborne Division. Speaking of which, this particular group during WWII was known as the 99th Airborne Squadron, AKA the "Red Tails" These pilots never lost a bomber while on escort duty and gave Hitler's troops conniption fits because of their aggressiveness. Now, what was their nickname?

Tuskegee airmen.

[Peter1469]

That would be the 101st Airborne Division. Speaking of which, this particular group during WWII was known as the 99th Airborne Squadron, AKA the "Red Tails" These pilots never lost a bomber while on escort duty and gave Hitler's troops conniption fits because of their aggressiveness. Now, what was their nickname?

You got it.

[Boris The Animal]

Safety got the last right answer so the next question belongs to him.

[Safety]

In 1923, this individual patented an electric automatic traffic signal. He was also the first African-American to own a car in Cleveland.