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‘The Six Triple Eight’: Triad woman Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson honored in Netflix film

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(WGHP) — Ever since Tyler Perry’s Netflix film “The Six Triple Eight” made its streaming debut, family members of Private First Class Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson say their phones have been ringing constantly from people they know who have watched the movie. “It is just still surreal that it’s all happening,” Johnson’s granddaughter Shandra Bryant […]

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Learning the history of an all-Black women Corp, 'Six Triple Eight'

NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY)–We continue to celebrate Black History Month. Thursday night, a community meeting in New Hanover County gave people a chance to learn about a special military unit in World War two. The year was 1945, and 855 women were in the all-Black women’s army corp ‘Six Triple Eight,’ shipped out to Birmingham, England, to deal with a backlog of mail. It was three years’ worth of mail piled as high as an army hangar. World War two…

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‘The Six Triple Eight’: Triad woman Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson honored in Netflix film

(WGHP) — Ever since Tyler Perry’s Netflix film “The Six Triple Eight” made its streaming debut, family members of Private First Class Elizabeth Bernice Barker Johnson say their phones have been ringing constantly from people they know who have watched the movie. “It is just still surreal that it’s all happening,” Johnson’s granddaughter Shandra Bryant […]

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‘The Six Triple Eight’ Serves as a Moving Tribute to Unsung Heroes

Tyler Perry’s “The Six Triple Eight” effectively and beautifully tells the incredible true story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-Black and all-female battalion in World War II. The film follows Lena (Ebony Obsidian) as she enlists in the army after her childhood sweetheart is killed in action. She meets other fellow enlistees as they narrowly get through basic training under the firm Major Charity Adams (Kerry Wash…

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