How an all-Black female WWII unit beat the odds stacked against them
The Six Triple Eight shares the story of an all-Black battalion of WACs that faced unimaginable challenges while serving overseas during WWII.
PM Modi stays at Blair House in Washington: Inside the ‘world’s most exclusive hotel’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Washington and is staying at Blair House, the US president’s guest house. Located ...
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Elizabeth McDuffie: The maid from Atlanta who had the ear of FDR
Eleanor Roosevelt hired Lizzie as her maid ... the couple received numerous letters from all over the country, seeking their help. One historian wrote: “Black leaders … realized that ...
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Did you know Louisiana women sorted mail for WWII soldiers as part of the Six Triple Eight?
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion is the only all Black U.S. Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World War II.
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Remembering a 6888 veteran
Southeast Queens has many hidden figures.Cpl. Madeleine Coleman Roach, a South Ozone Park resident and member of the 6888th ...
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William E. Leuchtenburg, Scholar of F.D.R. and the Presidency, Dies at 102
He was active in Americans for Democratic Action, the liberal and anti-communist group that Eleanor Roosevelt helped found ... as I know from letters I’m getting from historians, particularly ...
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The Women Weavers of the Little Loomhouse
A custom linens commission from Eleanor Roosevelt led to a visit from the ... Dietz wrote in a June 1951 letter to Tate. “They went in and got her and she was very cordial but no apologies.
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Who Was Ruby Bridges?
On November 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges became one of the first Black students to attend an all-white public school ...
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Did you know Louisiana women sorted mail for WWII soldiers as part of the Six Triple Eight?
In 1944, Black educator and humanitarian Mary McLeod Bethune worked to get the support of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for "a ... some of letters of which were three years old.