A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life has been memorialized in a funeral service with military ...

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 ...

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.

So, here's an opportunity now for the Women's Army Corps and, specifically, a minority unit, the Black American unit within the Army, to come and fill this void and take care of the situation ...

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.

The incredible story of the segregated all-female Women’s Army Corp deployed overseas during WWII. The story of the remarkable achievements of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the ...

(WOMENSENEWS)–1941. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, R-Mass., introduced a bill in Congress to establish the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. As World War II raged across Europe and the Far East, Rogers was ...

Descendants of WWII's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion express outrage over Trump's decision to rename military bases honoring Black veterans.

The biopic on the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII premieres on Netflix in December. By Tatiana Tenreyro Netflix has shared the teaser for Tyler Perry ...

A powerful story of service and history was shared today in Fort Oglethorpe, as retired U.S. Army Colonel Edna Cummings spoke ...

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.

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.