Watch The Yard’s Open History Project: Uncovering the Divine Nine Legacy of the 6888th Battalion
Uncovering D9 Legacy in Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight The highly anticipated 2024 film, The Six Triple Eight, written and directed by Tyler Perry, shines a long-overdue spotlight on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion—an extraordinary all-Black, all-female unit of the U.S. Women’s Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Known as the “Six Triple Eight,” […]