A powerful new war film, The Six Triple Eight, sheds light on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion—the only all-Black, all-female unit stationed in Europe during WWII. Their mission?

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only unit comprised entirely of Black women to have been deployed overseas during World War II, and it had served a critical function ...

In a widely used photograph of members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in England, then-Maj. Charity Adams inspects the unit of primarily Black women, which was tasked during ...

A forgotten army of an all-black and all-female battalion of the US Women's Army Corp helped the war effort from Birmingham. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion were based at King Edward ...

Specifically, the unsung heroes of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, also known as the “Six Triple Eight,” an all-Black Women’s Army Corps unit. True to its portrayal in Tyler ...

When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944 , she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail ...

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion certainly deserve a documentary – indeed, there have been several. This mainly black unit within America’s Women’s Army Corps were given the ...

The Six Triple Eight, officially the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, deployed to Europe for roughly a year during World War II. Some 855 women came from across the U.S. to process mail ...

Starring Kerry Washington, the film is based on the true story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, who was the ...

Netflix’s highly anticipated film The Six Triple Eight sheds light on the untold story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion—an all-Black, all-female unit of the Women’s Army ...

Nineteen women from Maryland served during World War II in the 6888th Battalion, the predominantly black postal unit now the subject of the blockbuster film “The Six Triple Eight.” After ...