Mildred Hooper’s all-female unit — the 6888th Central Directory Battalion — sailed across the Atlantic during WWII on a ...

I am proud of her for wanting to do that. Back then being an African American and a woman in the military, they looked down ...

Diane Warren opens up to ABC News' Chris Connelly about "The Journey," her Oscar-nominated ballet created for Tyler Perry's ...

Moultie native Willie Belle Irvin Patridge was a member of the predominantly black women's central postal directory battalion.

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 first and only Woman Army Corps unit of color to deploy overseas during World War II are being hailed as "unsung heroes".

Triple Eight has revealed it will enter a Mercedes-AMG GT4 into Monochrome GT4 Australia series, with Summer Rintoule and ...

Mildred Hooper’s all-female unit — the 6888th Central Directory Battalion — sailed across the Atlantic during WWII on a ...

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.

Edna Cummings, former U.S. Ambassador Nicole Avant and actress Milauna Jackson at The Six Triple Eight: Quiet Heroism in WWII panel at the Bush Center.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) A clip from ...