Military Sheroes
This week’s Why Are They So Angry? salutes the women of the U.S. Armed Forces who bravely served America since the Revolutionary War. Listen as Dr. Carol François and Kourtney Square, her niece, share about the Black/African American sheroes past and present who heard the call and served their country despite systemic racism in the ranks including the women of the determined 6888th Battalion who took on the Army’s most dangerous enemy. Want more? take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find all episodes and social media at www.podpage.com.whyaretheysoangry
Citations
6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion | US Army Center of Military History
“Historical Overview of Racism in the Military”, https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a488652.pdf
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