Michel Martin speaks with filmmaker Tyler Perry and actor Kerry Washington about their film based on World War II's only Women's Army Corps unit of color. In recent years, we've seen more and more ...

The women of the 6888th would wear their coats and boots in the warehouses to protect themselves from the cold, rotting food ...

With the death of 101-year-old Anna Mae Robertson of Milwaukee, Lafayette native Fannie McClendon is now the last living link ...

The only Women's Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II received a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, exactly 80 years after pulling off an incredible organizational feat.

which would be renamed the Women's Army Corps. By the end of World War II, Adams' exemplary service saw her rise in position to become the highest-ranking black woman in the Army; she finished her ...

Women Veterans Recognition Day on June 12 honored the service, sacrifice and bravery of women who have served in the military ...

The synopsis details that the film 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 ...

She talked about the Six-Triple-Eight (6888), the first all-Black Women’s Army Corps (WAC) Battalion assigned to military duty in Europe during World War II. She received a standing ovation ...

Now, filmmaker Tyler Perry has teamed up with actress Kerry Washington to tell the story of the only predominantly Black all female army ... Black women and women of color in World War II in ...