Connecticut on Wednesday honored the legacy of the Six Triple Eight Central postal Directory Battalion. The Black and female unit cleared a massive backlog of 17 million pieces of mail in wartime ...

She’d been so looking forward to lounging around that March 1 morning. But a voice in Breona Brown’s head kept repeating: “Get up. Go to church.” The songs and the sermon, the whole Sunday service at ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — State officials gathered at the Connecticut State Capitol on Wednesday to honor the legacy of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, also known as “The Six Triple ...

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion and Major Margaret E. Barnes Jones will be remembered every year on March 9 through a proclamation from the city of Oberlin. The battalion was the only ...

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum will host an author talk at 1 p.m. on March 7 as part of its Women’s History Month program. The event will feature Army Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings, who was instrumental ...

Dante Brizill is a social studies educator, author and speaker with over 20 years of teaching experience in Maryland and Delaware. He is the author of the “Greatness Under Fire” series on Amazon. This ...

In 2024, many Americans were introduced for the first time to the legendary “Six Triple Eight” through Tyler Perry’s movie of the same name. The inspirational story of these women, who sorted mail ...

Edna W. Cummings speaks about the Six Triple Eight in Fayetteville, NC Edna W. Cummings tells a story about a woman who served in the Six Triple Eight, a unit of Black women in World War II.