Episode 258: Charity Adams Earley & The 6888th
Shownotes under construction, please come back later for all the good bits!
Time Travel with The History Chicks
Books!
For younger readers (or young at heart):
Web!
A site that works to correct public information on the 6888th: The Women of the 6888th.
Article by Kevin Hymel that inspired the movie, The SIx Tripe Eight and the lives of some of the 6888 not in the movie: Smithsonian magazine and Women of the 6888th
When Fort Gregg-Adams was being named, Lt Col. Adams’ son gave an interview, it gives more detail about his father: DVIDS NEWS.
Information and photos about the Fort Leavenworth statue unveiling with five of the original members of the 6888th (including Cpl Lena Derricott Bell King- a lead character in the movie.)
Lt. Colonel Adams needs a postage stamp, it’s so obvious and shocks us that it hasn’t been done yet. Get involved here at the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee!
Moving Pictures and Audio
If you haven’t listened to our coverage of the life of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, it’s a two-parter, here’s the shownotes to the first one: Dr. Bethune, Pt One (episode, 223.)
Documentary shown on PBS about the 6888th: The SixTripleEight
Not a documentary, but a very well-done historical fiction, the 2024, Netflix movie The Six Triple Eight starring Kerry Washington and produced by Tyler Perry and based on this article by Kevin Hemel (and if you want to read the transcript, visit Scraps from the Loft.)
