WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — A Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring a group of Black women who served overseas during World War II, brought hundreds of people to the nation’s capital Tuesday. More ...
Anna Mae Robertson, one of the gallant all-Black American female battalions who served in Europe during World War II, has passed away at the age of 101. Per FOX6 News Milwaukee, Robertson’s death ...
Elizabeth Barnes of Norfolk died late last year at the age of 102 without ever telling her family or friends she’d served in ...
Anna Mae Robertson, a trailblazing World War II veteran and one of the last surviving members of the historic Six Triple Eight battalion, has died at 101 years old. Her family confirmed her passing ...
WASHINGTON DC — Congress bestowed its highest honor this week to the trail-blazing Six Triple Eight Battalion. The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the only all-Black female unit to serve in ...
A remembrance ceremony will honor Anna Bybee Grayson, a member of the all-Black, all-female WWII unit, the 6888th Battalion. The ceremony is part of the NAACP’s Unmarked Graves Initiative, which seeks ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKRC) - The only all-female and predominantly Black unit that served overseas during WWII received a Congressional Gold Medal 80 years after making history through an unprecedented ...
The Congressional Gold Medal this past week was bestowed to the “Six Triple Eight,” a predominantly Black, all-female unit that served in Europe during World War II and which featured a number of ...
Descendants of the women who served in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, (Six Triple Eight) are expressing outrage at a recent announcement by the 47th president, who said in a June 10 ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville church took time Sunday morning to honor a woman who made history—one that was only recently discovered. RELATED: Black History: A new Netflix movie tells the story ...
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 ...