Before Rosa Parks and the March on Washington, Four African American Women risked Their careers and freedom to defy the United States Army over segregation.
Promised a chance at training and skilled positions, they saw white WACs assigned to those better jobs and found themselves relegated to.
Women Army Corps (WAC) privates Mary Green, Anna Morrison, Johnnie Murphy, and Alice Young enlisted to serve Their country, improve Their lives, and claim the privileges of citizenship long denied them.
Before Rosa Parks and the March on Washington, Four African American Women risked Their careers and freedom to defy the United States Army over segregation