From The Publisher – New Journal & Guide’s Special WHM Focus: Incredible Black WACS of The “Six-Triple-Eight”

During four weeks in March, the New Journal and Guide will tell the story of the 6888, the first and only all-Black female battalion to serve overseas in World War II, exemplifying the quest for diversity, equity and inclusion in that period’s “white man’s Army.”Their true story also is being told in a film by Tyler Perry, featuring Kerry Washington, Oprah Winfrey and Susan Sarandon that is scheduled for release during March on Netflix. The New Journal and Guide’s four-part Women’s History Month series begins March 7 and continues March 14, March 21, and March 29 to include pictures and stories taken from the New Journal and Guide’s archival newspaper collection. Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as “Women’s History Week.”In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, Congress passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated the month of March 1987 as “Women’s History Month.” Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional...