Ebony Obsidian Shines in Tyler Perry's The Six Triple Eight
Having worked with Perry on his long-running television series Sistas, Obsidian was top of mind for the acclaimed filmmaker ...
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80 years later, movie tells story of SC woman’s battalion during World War II
When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944, she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail ...
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Dayton trailblazer Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley inspiration for acclaimed movie
Charity Adams Earley laid the groundwork for today’s integrated military as the top-ranking Black woman officer and paved the way for Black women in service.
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Movie ‘The Six Triple Eight’ has Winston-Salem ties
Long, Ph.D. Here are stories of three women with local ties who were members of the U.S. Army, two of whom were part of the ...
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‘Six Triple Eight’ film brings attention to MD women of the WWII postal unit
Nineteen women from Maryland served during World War II in the 6888th Battalion, which is featured in the film “The Six ...
Forgotten battalion entirely of black women who helped win the war from Birmingham
A forgotten army of an all-black and all-female battalion of the US Women's Army Corp helped the war effort from Birmingham.
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Families salute Maryland women of the ‘Six Triple Eight’
The Six Triple Eight, officially the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, deployed to Europe ... 6888th when a monument was being erected in honor of the unit. Researchers and fundraisers ...
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The Six Triple Eight helped rewrite the rules on who could be a soldier – the real story behind the Netflix film
Graham Cross does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...