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 ...

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 ...

The Six Triple Eight, written and directed by Tyler Perry, is a war drama film that tells the story of the historic 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. This was an all-black and all-female ...

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 ...

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 ...

We had high hopes for “The Six Triple Eight.” Higher hopes than we typically have for Tyler Perry productions. With a strong trailer, cast and a story backed by the unsung heroes of the 6888th ...

LOS ANGELES — Once upon a time, "The Six Triple Eight," which premiered Friday on Netflix, would have been a shoo-in for a best TV movie Emmy. It tells a little-known story about the heroic ...