Our f amily stretches from Alaska, across the Midwest to the Atlantic coast — with Texas as a root for all of us. Amazingly, ...

The Six Triple Eight, Kerry Washington, 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, World War II, Black women in history, ...

So it is a wonderful revelation to discover that "The Six Triple Eight" marks an evolution for its maker. Perry crafts an old ...

as many of the letters were addressed to names such as Robert Smith, and some just to Junior, US Army. Although The Six Triple Eight is based on a true story, the movie doesn't cover much of what ...

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. At the time ...

Tyler Perry, the billionaire filmmaker, has added another feather to his cap with his latest Netflix drama, The Six Triple Eight. The film features a star-studded cast including Kerry Washington ...

Perry — who wrote, directed and produced the film — describes "Six Triple Eight" as an important chapter in U.S. history. The film centers on the women of the 6888th who were sent to Europe ...

The Six Triple Eight. (L-R) Sarah Jeffrey as Dolores Washington, Pepi Sonuga as Elaine White, ... [+] Milauna Jackson as Captain Campbell, Moriah Brown as Inez, Shanice Shantay as Johnnie Mae and ...

In others, like Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight,” it’s because heroic tales of Black soldiers were swept under the rug by racist a-holes who either minimized or completely ignored their rightful ...

still driving up until maybe eight or nine months before she died." "Her memory, her recall, was so fascinating that I went to the historian and asked him if what she had shared with me was factual.

In others, like Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight,” it’s because heroic tales of Black soldiers were swept under the rug by racist a-holes who either minimized or completely ignored ...

“The Six Triple Eight” represents a leap in ambition for ... to the soldiers — not so easy when 7,500 of them are named Robert Smith — and to their families. “They did not send us ...