NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community.

In the last episode of NextUs818 Podcast, we discussed the American ideal of freedom. In Episode 51 we examine the discriminatory and volatile history of voting in America and explore the 2024 voting imperative in the U.S. elections.

Resources:

https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020

https://www.afscme93.org/system/files/project_2025_summary_final.pdf⁠⁠https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-power-of-one-vote/⁠⁠https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/5-egregious-voter-suppression-laws-2021⁠

⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1026588142/map-see-which-states-have-restricted-voter-access-and-which-states-have-expanded

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community.

We are in a unique period of American history. Freedom, a core element of democracy, is on the line in 2024 with the U.S. Presidential election. Episode 50 features perspectives on freedom: do we still value freedom, what is freedom, and what does it require of us.

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Episode 49 features an excerpt for the 15th Annual Montford Point Marines' Day Ceremony on August 23, 2024

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 48 are Retired Colonel Kevin Lee, Sr. and Major Aaron Lee. son and grandson of Corporal James Cleonnon Lee of the Montford Point Marines.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

DrexelUniversity

NorwichUniversity

BellevueUniversity

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community.

August 18th marks the beginning of Season 3 of NextUs818 Podcast. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to share and engage with you.We are excited about Season 3. We will continue to introduce the audience to more Montford Point Marine (MPM) and 6888th descendants. We also are working on interviewing several living MPM soldiers, who now are in their late 90s. Since 2024 is a presidential election year in the United States, we plan to do several episodes on democracy, freedom and voting.

Stay tuned!

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guest in Episode 46 is Steven Woods, the son of PFC Albirtues Woodsof the Montford Point Marines.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

AlabamaStateUniversity

SanFranciscoSchoolOfMortuaryScience

JeffersonStateCommunityCollege

CecilBMoore

GirardCollege

NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The first two seasons of NextUs818 have focused on two heroic WWII military units: the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion and the Montford Point Marines.

Episode 45 is a June Remembrances of the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the passing of two of the remaining 6888th soldiers.

SixTripleEight#6888th#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#LincolnPennyFilms#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#ArmyWomensFoundation

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community.

This episode focuses on the 1917 Camp Logan Riot, a painful story about the 24th Infantry, one of the regiments of the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. 156 Black soldiers participated in the mutiny, resulting in 19 being executed and 63 given life sentences.

Our guest in Episode 44 is Mallorie KM Berger, researcher, consultant for the Montford Point Marines, and founder and CEO of M. Marshall Berger and Associates.U.S. Army Corrects Miscarriage of Justice in Jim-Crow Era Texas https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/lZnuOIGOUUcdy2PrB3vADXhl7UkggAVN/

CampLogan1917

https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/2017/05/camp-logan-1917-beyond-the-veil-of-memory/

The24th

https://www.amazon.com/24th-Trai-Byers/dp/B08FF6MV6B

#24InfantryRegimen

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/24th-infantry-regiment-1866-1951/

MarionIndiana

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guest in Episode 43 is Richard "Spike" Jones, the son of Corporal Leslie James Jones of the Montford Point Marines.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

NorthCarolinaCentralUniversity

EastCarolinaUniversity

OmegaPsiPhiFraternityInc

EckerdCollege

EqualJusticeInitiative

NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guest in Episode 42 is Patricia Parker, the daughter of Corporal William H. Gibbons, Jr. of the Montford Point Marines.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

HowardUniversity

JohnsHopkinsUniversity

DeltaSigmaThetaSororityInc

PrincetonUniversity

WaldenUniversity

HopeHillCemetery

EqualJusticeInitiative

AARP

NationalCouncilOfNegroWomen

NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

In Episode 41, we share audio footage from the two April 26, 2004 events at United States Army Base Fort Gregg-Adams in Virginia:

1. COURAGE TO DELIVER: 6888th Gallery Exhibit Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening Ceremony, and

2. 1st Annual Fort Gregg-Adams Day Celebration

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#FortGregg-Adams

#UnitedStatesArmyWomen'sMuseum

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 40 are Lorna Johnson, Danelle Radney, Alyssa Miller, and Brielle Johnson, the daughter and granddaughters of Sergeant Major William E. Tinney of the Montford Point Marines.

Special Note About Episode 40 Requested by the Johnson Family: The recorded content of this episode is approved for use on the NextUs818 Podcast only. Reuse and/or repurposing of this interview for other media appropriation, including selling of this interview content, is not permissible without the written consent of the Johnson Family.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

UniverityOfMinnisota

HarvardUniversity

HowardUniversity

HamlineUniversity

SanDiegoStateUniversity

ClemsonUniversity

AlphaKappaAlphaSororityInc

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guest in Episode 39 is Lisa Marie Pickens, the daughter of PFC William Pickens of the Montford Point Marines.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

UniverityOfChicago

AriseConsultingInc-Chicago

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guests in Episode 38 are the daughters of 6888th soldier Lydia Esther Thornton Moore: Alva Stevenson and Rosenda Moore. Episode 38 is a rebroadcast of Episode 15 with a new introduction since the passing of Alva Stevenson.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#ImmaculateHeartCollege

#UCLALibrary

#MuseumOfContemporaryArt

#LoyolaMarymountUniversity

#UCLA

#WestLACollege

#LACityCollege

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform forconnecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of NextUS818 Podcast introduces us to the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guest in Episode 37 is Retired Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant Joe Geeter, III, the National Public Relations Officer for the Montford Point Marine Association.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

ParkUniversity

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

SixTripleEight

AmeriGasPropane

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 36 are Lance Roller and Lance Roller, Jr. the grandson and great-grandson of Gunnery Sergeant Clarence Augustus Roller of the Montford Point Marines.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

SyracuseUniversity

PaceUniversity

UniversityOfVirginia

IndianaUniversity

UniversityOfToronto

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 35 are Paul Alexander and Joyce Richardson, nephew and niece of Corporal Granville "Jack" Alexander, Jr.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

DillardUniversity

LomaLindaUniversity

FairleighDickersonUniversity

ColumbiaUniversityMedicalCenter

NAACP

AutocratSocialAndPleasureClub

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 34 are Allison Marshall and Nolan Marshall, Jr., sons of Montford Point Marine First Sergeant Nolan Ambrose Marshall.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

XavierUniversityNewOrleans

DillardUniversity

LoyolaUniversityNewOrleans

UniversityOfNewOrleans

NewYorkLifeInsurance

Latter&BlumRealEstate

LGBalfourCompany

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community.

In Episode 33, we recap NextUs818 Podcast 2023 data and share reflections on preserving democracy.

blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#LincolnPennyFilms#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundation

SistersinArmsANovelofTheDaringBlackWomenWHoServedinWorldWarII

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 32 are Anthony Smith and Sonia Smith Kang, son and granddaughter of Montford Point Marine Corporal Arnold Anthony Smith.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

UniversityOfSanFrancisco

USPS

LaurinburgInstitute

6888thBattlion

WaylandBaptistUniversity

MixedUpClothes.com

@Mixedupclothes

MultiracialAmericansOfSouthernCalifornia

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-female, Black battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

In Episode 31, we interview Garry Stewart, 6888th Ambassador and British Historian.

blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#LincolnPennyFilms#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundation

ToServeOurCountryToServeOurRace-BrendaMoore

BirminghamCityUniversityUK

KingEdwardsSchoolBirmingham

RecognizeBlackHeritageAndCulture

Windrush75Celebration

BlackHeritageWalksNetwork.com

RecognizeOnline.com

761stTankBattalion

SistersinArmsANovelofTheDaringBlackWomenWHoServedinWorldWarII

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of the NextUs818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 30 are Mike and Marlon Allen, son of Montford Point Marine Staff Sargeant Charles Edward Allen.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

TuskegeeUniversity

USPS

SouthernUniversity

6888thBattlion

ArlingtonNationalCemetery

SaintMary'sCatholicHighSchoolNewOrleans

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-female, African-American battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

In Episode 29, we interview Tina Tarryk, niece of 6888th soldier Anna Tarryk.

SixTripleEight#6888th#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#LincolnPennyFilms#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#ArmyWomensFoundation

ToServeOurCountryToServeOurRace-BrendaMoore

TempleUniversity

KeukaCollege

WaldenUniversity

mobilecounseling.com

WhenIWasWhite-SarahValentine

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of NextUS818 Podcast features the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guest in Episode 28 is Mallorie KM Berger, granddaughter of Montford Point Marine Maurice L. Burns, Sr.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

AlphaKappaAlphaSororityIncorporated

IndianaUniversity

FloridaInternationalUniversity

HamptonUniversity

TalladegaCollege

HowardUniversity

FiskUniversity

RhodeISlandSchoolOfDesign

SixTripleEight

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform forconnecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode series of NextUS818 Podcast introduces us to the Montford Point Marines, recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.

Our guests in Episode 27 are Mallorie KM Berger (Granddaughter of a Montford Point Marine) and U.S. Marine Veteran Kelly Atkinson. Both are leaders in the Montford Point Marine Association.

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

FAMU

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

AlphaKappaAlphaSororityIncorporated

IndianaUniversity

FloridaInternationalUniversity

HollywoodDiamondsInTheRough

SixTripleEight

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

In Episode 26, we interview Retired Colonel Rodger Matthews, son of 6888th soldier Vashti Murphy Matthews.

SixTripleEight#6888th#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#LincolnPennyFilms#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#ArmyWomensFoundation

AfroNews

DeltaSigmaThetaSororityIncorporated

Howard University

MorganStateUniversity

CortezPetersBusinessCollege

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

In Episode 25, we interview a group of 6888th advocates who recently journeyed to Scotland, England and France to walk in the steps of the 6888th soldiers. Our guests in this Episode are Retired Col. Edna Cummings, Author Kaia Alderson and Film Producer and Playwright Crystal Barnes.

SixTripleEight#6888th#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#LincolnPennyFilms#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#ArmyWomensFoundation

AfroNews

recognize.blackhistory

recognizeblackheritage

@recognizeonline

WindrushGeneration

@helenryrie

NormandyAmericanCemetery

ArkProductionsChicago

#SistersinArmsANovelofTheDaringBlackWomenWhoServedinWorldWarII

@OprahFlash

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

In Episode 24, we interview a group of 6888th descendants who recently journeyed to Scotland, England and France to walk in the steps of their ancestors. Our guests in this Episode are Sandra Dean, Dr. Karen Jordan, Dr. Carmen Jordan-Cox, Dr. Courtnee Jordan-Cox, Dr. Sheila Kearney, Kyra Massey Kennedy, Jeri Marshall, Janice Martin, Tremika Massey, Lt. Col. Rodger Matthews (retired), Cynthia Scott and Andre Theobold.

SixTripleEight

6888th

blackwacs

HiddenHerStory

SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

6888musical

LincolnPennyFilms

TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

FortGreggAdams

ArmyWomensMuseum

6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

ArmyWomensFoundation

AfroNews

recognize.blackhistory

recognizeblackheritage

@recognizeonline

WindrushGeneration

@helenryrie

KevinHymel

Shalamar

Tre'Rochelle

RichardAllenCulturalCenter&Museum

Trippin'WithTheobold

The6888thCentralPostalDirectoryBattalionMonument

TheLogBookProject

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-female African-American battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

AUGUST 18TH MARKS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF NextUs818 PODCAST. WE ARE TAKING A SHORT ANNIVERSARY BREAK TO WORK ON EXCITING EPISODES FOR SEASON 2. IN ADDITION TO MORE EPISODES ON THE 6888TH, WE PLAN TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ANOTHER GROUP OF WW2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN HEROES: THE MONTFORD POINT MARINES.

WHILE WE ARE PREPPING NEW EPISODES FOR SEASON 2, THIS IS A GREAT TIME FOR YOU TO GET CAUGHT UP ON PREVIOUS EPISODES. IF YOU ARE TUNING IN TO THE PODCAST FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO START WITH THE INAUGURAL EPISODE FROM SEPTEMBER 7, 2022, TO LEARN ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF THE 6888th BATTALION. FROM THERE, TAKE SOME TIME TO LISTEN TO THE 6888th DESCENDANTS SHARE THEIR STORIES AND LEGACIES.

See you for our Season 2 kick-off on Wednesday, August 16th, at 7 p.m. ET

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

In Episode 22, we recap the Inaugural 6888th Legacy Tour to Scotland, England and France that occurred in June 2023. Our guest in Episode 22 is retired U.S. Army Major Natasha Hinds, a 6888th Advocate.

SixTripleEight

6888th

blackwacs

HiddenHerStory

SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

6888musical

LincolnPennyFilms

TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

FortGreggAdams

ArmyWomensMuseum

6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

ArmyWomensFoundation

AfroNews

recognize.blackhistory

recognizeblackheritage

@recognizeonline

UniversityofGlasgow

WindrushGeneration

@helenryrie

KevinHymel

Shalamar

320thBarrageBalloonBattalion

SyracuseUniversity

KeepYourHairHeadGear

ZetaPhiBetaSororityInc

Tre'Rochelle

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 21 is actress Milauna Jackson who plays 6888th Soldier Abbie Noel Campbell in the upcoming Tyler Perry Studies-Netflix film "Six Triple Eight".

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams

#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#ArmyWomensFoundation

#HowardUniversity

#CalStateFullerton

#UniversityofIllinoisChicago

#UCLA

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 20 is Col. Edna W. Cummings, 6888th Advocate who helped secure the Congressional Gold Medal. This episode was pre-recorded in May 2023.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams

#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#ArmyWomensFoundation

AppalachianStateUniversity

TroyUniversity

ArmyWarCollege

MarquetteUniversity

AfroNews

FortLiberty

FortRucker

MinuteManScholarshipArmyReserve

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 19 is the daughter of 6888th soldier Evelina Rachel Griffin: Betty J. Moon

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams

#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#ArmyWomensFoundation

#PioneerInstituteOfBusinessPhiladelphia

#UniversityOfDelaware

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

In Episode Eighteen, we share some exciting news about three recent honors to the 6888th Battalion: the redesignation of Fort Lee to Fort Gregg-Adams, the passage of a resolution in Delaware honoring the 6888th and the proclamation of March 9th as 6888th Day in Maryland.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams

#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#ArmyWomensFoundation

#FortGreggAdams

#PBSNewsHour

#DelawareHB39

#MarylandHB370

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 17 is Stephanie Mitchell, 6888th Advocate.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#FortGreggAdams

#ArmyWomensMuseum

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#ArmyWomensFoundation

#StrayerUniversity

#Inspiring2BMore

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 16 is Dr. Karen Jordan who met recently with the oldest surviving 6888th soldier: Romay Johnson Davis.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#TraphagenSchoolofFashion

#FashionInstituteofTechnology

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guests in Episode 15 are the daughters of 6888th soldier Lydia Esther Thornton Moore: Alva Stevenson and Rosenda Moore

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#ImmaculateHeartCollege

#UCLALibrary

#MuseumOfContemporaryArt

#LoyolaMarymountUniversity

#UCLA

#WestLACollege

#LACityCollege

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 14 is Kaia Alderson, author of "Sisters in Arms: A Novel of the Daring Black Women Who Served During World War II".

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#SpelmanCollege

#UniversityofWestGeorgia

#SistersinArmsANovelofTheDaringBlackWomenWhoServedinWorldWarII

#HowardUniversity

#LincolnPennyFilms

#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary

#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours

#NegroBaseballLeague

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guests in Episode 13 are daughter and sons of Private First Class Margaret Glenn Sales-Semmes who served in the 6888th Battalion: Carol Semmes, Emmanuel and Dr. Clovis Semmes

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#FiskUniversity

#NorthwesternUniversity

#UniversityIllinoisChicago

#RooseveltUniveristy

#DePaulUniversity

#EasternMichiganUniversity

#MichelleObamaSchoolofTechnologyAndTheArts

#LoopJuniorCollege

#ChicagoStateUniverssity

#EmersonSchoolofPerformingArts

#Universityof Chicago

#UniversityofMissouriKansasCity

#OlivetNazareneUniversity

#CosmopolitanCommunityChurch

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 12, Tara Garcia, is the granddaughter of Private First Class Crescencia Garcia who served in the 6888th Battalion.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

#HunterCollege

#CUNY

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guests in Episode 11, Tremika Massey and Kyra Givens Massey, are the granddaughters of 6888th soldier Private Hester Givens Massey.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#FloridaA&MUniversity

#HowardUniversity

#SetonHallUniversity

#LamarUniversity

#TuskegeeUniversity

#HBCU

#NorthCarolinaA&TUniversity

#trerochelle

#AlphaKappaAlphaSorority

#KappaAlphaPsiFraternity

#OmegaPsiPhiFraternity

#NPHC

#DivineNine

#BethlehemMissionaryBaptistChurchRoselle

#HiddenFigures

#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios

@TylerPerryStudios

#6888musical

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 10, Sergeant Dennis Miller, is the grandson of 6888th soldier Sylvia Masters Armstrong Benton.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#LincolnUniversity

#GreaterPhiladelphiaVeteranChamberofCommerce

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guests in Episode 9, Dr. Karen Jordan and Dr. Courtnee Jordan-Cox, are the daughter and granddaughter (respectively) of 6888th soldier Private First Class Annie Knight Jordan.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#HowardUniversity

#SigmaGammaRho

#NAACP

#AuxiliaryNationalMedicalAssociation

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 focuses onthe 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 8 is James Theres, Executive Producer, Director and Writer of "The Six TripleEight" Documentary (2019).

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#LincolnPennyFilms

#JacksonStateUniversity

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guests in Episode 7, James and Jeri Marshall, are the sons of 6888th soldier Odessa Taylor Marshall.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 6 is Tracy Bradford, Curator of the U.S. Women's Army Museum at Fort Lee, Virginia. This museum will house the upcoming exhibit featuring the 6888th Battalion.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 5, Janice Martin, is the daughter of 6888th soldier Indiana Hunt-Martin.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 4 is Denise McBride, the daughter of 6888th soldier Phyllis Galloway Meekins.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 3 is Cynthia Scott, the daughter of 6888th soldier Elizabeth Barker Johnson of North Carolina.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#Winston-SalemStateUniversity

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. The Inaugural season of NextUs818 features the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

Our guest in Episode 2 is Dr. Sheila M. Kearney, the niece of 6888th soldier Major Mary Frances Kearney of Connecticut.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

#HowardUniversity

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. There are many African-American heroes, some known and many unsung men and women, who helped build this country. Some were the first or only in their fields of endeavor. Yet little is known about how their unique journeys influenced the trajectory of their familial legacies…such as their children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews.

During each show, we will have conversations with descendants of African-American heroes. Our guests will share their family lore, values, traditions, what they learned from their ancestors and how that shaped the course of their lives.

The Inaugural Series of the NextUS818 Podcast will feature the descendants of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the 6888th. The 6888th was the only all-female, all African American battalion to serve in the European Theatre during World War II. 855 women served in this battalion between 1943 and 1946. The 6888th was awarded the congressional gold medal in March 2022.

#SixTripleEight

#6888th

#blackwacs

#HiddenHerStory

View Details

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. There are many African-American heroes, some known and many unsung men and women, who helped build this country. Some were the first or only in their fields of endeavor. Yet little is known about how their unique journeys influenced the trajectory of their familial legacies…such as their children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews. NextUs818 Podcast introduces us to the multi-generational descendants of these heroes. On the first and third Wednesdays of each month, our host, Doc JaeCi, will interview descendants of an African-American hero and explore family lore, traditions, values and how the descendants’ journey was directly impacted.

NextUs818 Podcast: Recent Episodes

Doc JaeCi

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

DrexelUniversity

NorwichUniversity

BellevueUniversity

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

AlabamaStateUniversity

SanFranciscoSchoolOfMortuaryScience

JeffersonStateCommunityCollege

CecilBMoore

GirardCollege

NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture

SixTripleEight#6888th#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#LincolnPennyFilms#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#ArmyWomensFoundation

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

CampLogan1917

The24th

MarionIndiana

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

NorthCarolinaCentralUniversity

EastCarolinaUniversity

OmegaPsiPhiFraternityInc

EckerdCollege

EqualJusticeInitiative

NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

HowardUniversity

JohnsHopkinsUniversity

DeltaSigmaThetaSororityInc

PrincetonUniversity

WaldenUniversity

HopeHillCemetery

EqualJusticeInitiative

AARP

NationalCouncilOfNegroWomen

NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCulture

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

UniverityOfMinnisota

HarvardUniversity

HowardUniversity

HamlineUniversity

SanDiegoStateUniversity

ClemsonUniversity

AlphaKappaAlphaSororityInc

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

UniverityOfChicago

AriseConsultingInc-Chicago

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

ParkUniversity

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

SixTripleEight

AmeriGasPropane

MontfordPointMarineAssociation

MontfordPointMarines

OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint

SyracuseUniversity

PaceUniversity

UniversityOfVirginia

IndianaUniversity

UniversityOfToronto

MontfordPointMarineAssociation