"The Six Triple Eight" recently debuted on Netflix and tells the story of the first predominantly Black and female army battalion that served overseas during World War II. The film stars Kerry ...

A women's battalion that delivered mail to troops during WWII was honored in a new film called Six Triple Eight. The movie premiered at ASU where one of the two surviving members of the battalion was ...

Tyler Perry is bringing the story of the 6888th Battalion, the only all-Black, all-female battalion in World War II to the Netflix with his upcoming film, Six Triple Eight. The film is based on a WWII ...

[First released in 2023.] 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 ...

When producer Nicole Avant approached Tyler Perry about the “Six Triple Eight,” the Atlanta-based filmmaker’s immediate reaction was one of shock. “I was like, Wait, is this story real?” Perry says.

Under her leadership, a battalion of Black women nicknamed the Six Triple Eight (for the 6888th) sorted and sent the mail in three months — about half the time one general predicted. Their story ...

The women of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion of the U.S. Army arrived in Europe in February of 1945 to warehouses piled to the ceilings with letters and packages. There was no heat, the ...