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 ...

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 ...

The USO honored the 6888th Central Postal Battalion, WWII’s all-Black, all-female unit, at Arlington National Cemetery. Tyler Perry, director of Six Triple Eight starring Kerry Washington ...

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion consisted mostly of Black American women. They were assigned to locations in England and France during World War II. Their mission was to clear ...

The Six Triple Eight, which is now streaming on Netflix, offers a long-overdue tribute to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-Black, all-female battalion to serve overseas ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Six Triple Eight is the latest war drama film about the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. It was an all-Black and all-female battalion in World War II. There is also ...

Charity Adams Earley inspects members of the 6888th Postal Battalion in Birmingham, England, in 1945. (Provided/U.S. Army Women's Museum) COLUMBIA — When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in ...

Sort 17 million pieces of mail. That was the assignment. Against all odds, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion remained focused on its motto; “No mail, low morale.” This all Black ...

The story of the 6888th Battalion, AKA the “Six Triple Eight ... from basic training in Georgia to their main postal assignment in Europe, broadly inspired the film’s events.

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 ...