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Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight

Witness: Witness Black History by BBC

Apr 19, 20249:10Society & Culture

Major Charity Adams was the first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion. It was known as the Six-Triple-Eight (6888). The 6888 was a majority African-American women’s unit, the women sorted through mou...

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Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight is an episode from Witness: Witness Black History by BBC. Major Charity Adams was the first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion. It was known as the Six-Triple-Eight (6888)....

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Published Apr 19, 2024, 9:10 long, audio available.