Netflix Original The Six Triple Eight is inspired by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII. Given an extraordinary mission and united in their ...

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.

The biopic on the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII premieres on Netflix in December.

Eventually, based on this need, a requisition was sent out for 800 women." Many of the women were hand-picked. They were blazing a trail and they were expected to excel.

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED What is Six Triple Eight about? WW2’s only Women’s Army Corps unit of color starring Oprah & Kerry Washington on Netflix ...

Director, producer and writer Tyler Perry joins Morning Joe to discuss 'The Six Triple Eight,' which will be available to stream starting December 26 and is in select theaters now. The film ...

Lillian Yonally was one of the few women with a camera during her WASP service from May 1943 to December 1944. Her color photographs offer a rare glimpse into the short-lived program and the ...

For the first time in U.S. Navy history, four women of color are commanding warships at the same time. Women were not allowed to serve on board combatant vessels until 1994. In an interview with ...

The subject of “The Six Triple Eight” is certainly a worthy one—the only unit of color in the U.S. Women’s Army Corps that served in Europe during World War II, and whose members, despite ...

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Synopsis: "The Six Triple Eight" is inspired by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II.