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The all-Black female WWII unit, the "Six Triple Eight," was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award that Congress can bestow upon a civilian. On Tuesday, the 6888th unit ...
'Six Triple Eight:' The all-Black female WWII unit awarded the Congressional Gold Medal The unit, made up of 855 Black women, boosted the morale of soldiers fighting across Europe during World War II.
“The Six Triple Eight” tells the story of how these women created a process to deliver thousands of pieces of backed-up mail and parcels to soldiers and their families during the war.
Tina Knowles arrives at Netflix's THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT Premier held at The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA on Tuesday, ​December 3, 2024. (Video By Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa USA) ...
Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, The Six Triple Eight is inspired by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII. Despite facing racism and sexism ...
The Six Triple Eight, as the battalion was nicknamed, was tasked with sorting through 17 million pieces of undelivered mail in Europe and ensuring it was delivered to U.S. soldiers.
The Six Triple Eight is a new World War II drama from director/actor/writer Tyler Perry. Here's everything we know about the film.
If you watched “The Six Triple Eight” on Netflix over the holidays (and more than 23.3 million viewers did, according to the streamer), you might’ve wondered why the World War II movie ...
Rousing 'Six Triple Eight' honors unsung WWII heroes — and makes mail sorting interesting Tyler Perry’s Netflix film stars Kerry Washington as a U.S. major whose battalion of Black women ...
The Six Triple Eight is inspired by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII. Despite facing racism and sexism - and grueling working conditions - they were ...
The Six Triple Eight is one of the units whose pictures briefly disappeared from Defense Department websites as the Pentagon worked through its purge of content promoting diversity, equity, and ...
'The Six Triple Eight' producer Nicole Avant and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos explain how the late Clarence and Jacqueline Avant influenced the film.