Major Charity Adams was the first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion, it was known as the Six-Triple-Eight. The unit consisted of 800, majority black, women. Show more
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Major Charity Adams was the first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion, it was known as the Six-Triple-Eight. The unit consisted of 800, majority black, women. Show more
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