Episode 91 - The Six Triple Eight
We are back on our DEI shit...oh wait, we were never off of it. Ok well anyway, this episode is a nod to Black History, Women's History, and WW2 Military History. Put those all together and you get a story of black women being given the impossible task of unfucking a big mess that a bunch of men thought they were too good for (probably) - We are talking about the "Central Postal Directory Battalion", better known as 6888 Battalion. The 6888 was an all black, all female unit that was handed the "impossible" task of sorting several million pieces of mail in a 6 month period in the middle of WW2 in Europe. You can watch the Netflix movie "The Six Triple Eight", but first, listen to this podcast :)SOURCES:https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/colonel-charity-adams-6888th-commanding-officerhttps://www.uncrownedcommunitybuilders.com/person/indiana-1https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2021/02/15/women-6888-central-postal-directory-battalion-doris-moore-portsmouth/4481280001/You can read about the women we discuss on the pod on my blog every week: Kellymcclain.blogspot.comIf you'd like to contribute to our work here at Bitchstory, we'd be thrilled to receive your financial support so we can keep going and maybe actually not be in the red. Our venmo is @bitchstory Thanks for listening! <3