05/27/2026
Watch a GREAT movie, learn incredible history, and honor the women of the SIX TRIPLE EIGHT! Memorial Day has passed, but our recognition continues for the brave women and men who gave their lives to protect and serve the United States. We particularly honor the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the Women’s Army Corps (WAAC), a battalion of African American, as well as Hispanic and Caribbean, women led by Captain Charity Adams. Mary McLeod Bethune (founder of our Partner organization, the NCNW) fought for African American women in the WAAC to be treated equally, and pressed the War Department to give African American women the opportunity to serve in a combat theater. Women of color in the military faced terrible discrimination, and many protested. In Ft. Devens, MA: “...Four African American WACs at Fort Devens staged a sit-down strike to protest being assigned menial tasks. A court martial convicted the four soldiers of mutiny, but the charges were later dropped after pressure from African American political leaders and members of Congress…”(https://guides.loc.gov/6888th-central-postal-directory-battalio) In this discriminatory context, the 6888 was formed - 855 African American women - sent to England to resolve an enormous three-year backlog of mail - but instead of resolving the backlog in 6 months as expected, they resolved it in only three months! DON’T MISS THE FABULOUS NETFLIX FILM: The Six Triple Eight, starring Kerry Washington! https://bit.ly/4dy2AJK
