The Six Triple Eight, a military battalion made up of 855 Black women during World War II, included 19 from Maryland.

'The Six Triple Eight': Triad woman Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson honored in Netflix film: Part 2 The "Zero Day" star and ...

Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight” effectively and beautifully tells the incredible true story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-Black and all-female battalion in ...

And if the battalion’s name sounds familiar, that might be because their exploits were highlighted in the recent Tyler Perry Netflix film called “The Six Triple Eight” starring Kerry Washington.

The city of Hickory is celebrating Black history by highlighting the work of one of the first and only all-Black unit in the ...

The battalion, nicknamed “The Six Triple Eight,” had a critical mission — to redistribute and sort around 17 million pieces of mail for the European Theater of Operations. Through historical ...

Film winners included 'Emilia Pérez,' 'Wicked,' 'Nickel Boys' and 'The Six Triple Eight.' By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Beyoncé and her daughter Blue Ivy Carter were among the ...

The "Six Triple Eight" was the first and only all-female African American unit deployed overseas during World War II. The ...