Memphis Police Department Black History Knowledge Bowl Competition

Who was the first female African American Police Officer in the City of Memphis in 1968?

• CLAUDINE PENN

• ARMER JEAN TORRANCE

• JAMES E. IVY

• WILLIAM COOK

What year were the first 3 African American male detectives for the Memphis Police Department hired?

• 1919

• 1951

• 1968

• 1984

What year did the first 13 African American males start walking the Beale Street beat?

• 1919

• 1951

• 1968

• 1984

Who was the first African American Inspector with the Memphis Police Department in 1992?

• CLAUDINE PENN

• ARMER JEAN TORRANCE

• JAMES E. IVY

• WILLIAM COOK

Who was the first African American Sheriff elected from the South in the 20th Century?

• LUCIUS D. AMERSON

• DR. DANIEL H. WILLIAM

• FREEDOM JOURNAL, 1827

• JACKIE ROBINSON, 1962

Who was the first African American male to be appointed as the Police Chief for the Memphis Police Department in 1992?

• CLAUDINE PENN

• ARMER JEAN TORRANCE

• EDDIE ADAIR

• WILLIAM COOK

Who was the first African American Police Director, for the Memphis Police Department, appointed in 1988?

• CLAUDINE PENN

• ARMER JEAN TORRANCE

• JAMES E. IVY

• WILLIAM COOK

What was the first Black paper and what year it was created?

• FREEDOM JOURNAL, 1827

• JACKIE ROBINSON, 1962

• FRANCIS L. CARDOZA

• WILLIAM WELLS BROWN

Who were the first two African American men to serve with the Memphis Police Department as part of the Metropolitan force and were hired on November 18, 1967, as turnkeys at the two district station houses?

• WILLIAM COOK AND JOHN F. HARRIS

• CLAUDINE PENN AND ARMER JEAN TORRANCE

• JAMES E. IVY AND JANICE C. PILOT

• MARY OVERTON-JACKSON AND GLORIA CRENSHAW

Who was the first female African American Lieutenant with the Memphis Police Department in 1984?

• CLAUDINE PENN

• ARMER JEAN TORRANCE

• JAMES E. IVY

• WILLIAM COOK