NextUs818 Podcast

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 89 are Leslie Shea Carter and Jacqueline Carter Gibson, granddaughters of Private Gladys Schuster Carter, who served in the 6888th.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#VirginiaStateUniversity#NorthCarolinaCentralUniversity#HamptonUniversity#HowardUniversity#NationalAssociationOfBlackMilitaryWomenCopyright © 2026 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570.

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 88 is Donna Fitzsimmons-Dymally, niece of Private Vivian Fitzsimmons Hawkins, who served in the 6888th.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#CaliforniaStateUniversityDominguezHills#ThePhyllisWheatleyAssociation#JaneEdnaHunter#AwokeByAStoke:ARoadmapTo Restoration#InglewoodParkCemeteryCopyright © 2026 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570s

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 87 is Jourdeanna Yates, granddauther of Private Eleanor Frances Sullivan, who served in the 6888th.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#EducationAffiliates#YatesRoofingCompanyPennsylvania#SacredHeartHospitalChester#IBEW#ConcordHIghSchoolDelaware#NationalMuseumOfAfricanAmericanHistoryAndCultureCopyright © 2026 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.Episode 86 features the Ceremonial Signing of HB68 as 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day in the State of Delaware.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medalCopyright © 2026 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 85 is Daniel Randy Smith, great nephew of Major Margaret E. Barnes Jones, who served in the 6888th.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#HowardUniversity#KentuckyStateUniversity#OhioStateUniversity#OberlinCollege#BuffaloSoldiers#ClevelandSchoolOfTheArts#UniversityOfToledo#WilberforeUniversity#MargaretEBarnesFoundationCopyright © 2026 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 84 is Frederick Johnson, nephew of Corporal Jefferson Davis Johnson, who served in the Montford Point Marines.#MontfordPointMarineAssociation#MontfordPointMarines#OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint#KeanUniversityCopyright © 2026 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. In Episode 83 we discuss the critical importance of Black History and our individual responsibility for its preservation and celebration.Copyright © 2026 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 82 are Lynnwood Campbell Jr., Robin Campbell and Spencer Smith, descendants of Corporal Lynnwood Campbell Sr. and Private James Campbell, who served in the Montford Point Marines.#MontfordPointMarineAssociation#MontfordPointMarines#OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint#HowardUniversity#TempleUniversity#RutgersUniversity#PriceWaterhouseDCCopyright © 2026 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.In Episode 81 we recap NextUs818 Podcast 2025 data and share reflections on the challenges that democracies face globally and nationally in 2026.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.Episode 80 reflects on 6888th accomplishments and transitions in 2025.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.Episode 79 discusses the new initiative to honor the 6888th Battalion with a U.S. Forever Stamp. Guest Stephanie Mitchell.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://about.usps.com/who/csac/Copyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.Episode 78 features the November 8, 2025, Mount Pisgah Cemetery (PA) Remembrance honoring Private Anna Bybee Grayson, who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/u-s-dept-of-veterans-affairs-launches-new-initiative-making-headstones-free-for-all-veterans/amp/https://www.yorkdispatch.com/videos/news/local/2025/11/12/congressional-gold-medal-recipient-honored/87236429007/Copyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 77 are Judy McMann and Phyllis Nehlsen, granddaughter and daughter of Private First Class Thomas "Tommy" Miller, who served in the Montford Point Marines.#MontfordPointMarineAssociation#MontfordPointMarines#OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint#LondonPolicyTechicUniversity#BlackstoneCollegeOfLaw-Chicago#LaSalleExtensionUniversity#CollegeOfTheVirginIslands-St.Croix#UniversityOfTheVirginIslands#TroyUniversity#UniversityOfHouston-Clearlake#Rodney'sMiniaturesandModels#ToySoldierEmporiumCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.Episode 76 features the September 23, 2025, Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery (PA) Dedication honoring PFC Evelyn C. Preston LeSueuer, who served in the 6888th Battalion. soldiers.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/u-s-dept-of-veterans-affairs-launches-new-initiative-making-headstones-free-for-all-veterans/amp/https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/unmarked-graves-project-evelyn-preston-lesueuer/Copyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.Episode 75 features the September 10, 2025, Indiantown Gap (PA) National Cemetery Ceremony honoring five 6888th Battalion soldiers.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/u-s-dept-of-veterans-affairs-launches-new-initiative-making-headstones-free-for-all-veterans/amp/https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lebanon-county/six-triple-eight-battalion-veterans-honored-indiantown-gap-national-cemetery/521-df7b727f-1f6c-41cd-913a-99b723d735c7?tbref=hphttps://www.facebook.com/share/173F5QZKg6/Copyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 74 is Janet Tyrrell, daughter of PFC Edith Armstead, who served in the 6888th.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#CentralStateUniversity#NewYorkCityTransitAuthority#ZetaPhiBetaSororityIncCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 73 are Drs. Trevella Ford-Ahmed and Trevy McDonald, sister and niece of CPL Lorener F. Ford, who served in the 6888th.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#WestVirginiaStateUniversity#ArtInstitueOfChicago#NewYorkUniversity#OhioUniversity#UniversityOfWisconsinOshkosh#UniversityOfNorthCarolinaChapelHill#ReyomiGlobalMediaGroup#AFROAmericanNewspapersCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 72 is Tara Hunter, granddaughter of Private Felicia LaVon Johnson Hunter, who served in the 6888th.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#MilesCollege #TuskegeeUniversity#VoorheesUniversity#BellSouth#GeorgiaStateUniversity#UniversityOfCentralFlorida#LovelandHabitataForHumanityCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 4 of NextUs818 Podcast. We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to share and engage with you.We are excited about Season 4. We will continue to introduce the audience to more Montford Point Marine (MPM) and 6888th descendants, as well as special guests. Copyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 70 are seven descendants of Private Ruth Gaddy, who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#JohnsonCSmithUniversity#NewYorkUniversity#MountOliveBaptistChurchHarlemNewYork#BennettCollege#HofstraUniversity#MontclairStateUniversity#HunterCollege#SyracuseUniversity#TeachersCollegeColumbiaUniversity#TempleUniversity#WilfordAcademyBeautyCollegeQueensCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 69 is Dr. Debra Lavender Bratcher, daughter of CPL Florine J. Hill Lavender, who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#MorrisBrownCollege#UniversityOfDenver#EmilyGriffithTechnicalCollege#ZionBaptistChurchDenver#AdamsStateUniversity#CapellaUniversity#WaylandBaptistUniversity#TexasTechUniversity#FortLoganNationalCemetery#Blair-CogwellAfricanAmericanResearchLibraryCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 68 is Gloria Robinson, daughter of CPL Fayrine Ford Murray Robinson, who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#AFROAmericanNewspapers#UniversityOfMarylandBaltimoreCounty#MorganStateUniversity#NorthwesternHighSchoolBaltimore#LongIslandNationalCemeteryCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the Tuskegee Airmen and other African American aviators before and during WWIIOur guest in Episode 67 is Andre Swygert, ambassador and historian for the Tuskegee Airmen.#TuskegeeAirmen#TuskegeeUniversity#TuskegeeAirmenInc#DelawareStateUniversity#UrsinusCollege#BenjaminODavisSr#BenjaminODavisJr#CharlesFrederickPage#EugeneJacquesBullardCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 66 is Crystal McCombs, niece of Sgt. Inez N. Stroud, who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#NorthCarolinaA&TUniversity#AFROAmericanNewspapers#CarolinaMusicTheatre#FortDesMoines#DaughtersOfElks#LakeviewMemorialParkGreensboroCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 65 is Debra Jones, daughter of T5 Maude Virginia Porter Miller, who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medal#UniversityCaliforniaSantaBarbara#HowardUniversity#AntelopeValleyCommunityCollege#SantaBarbaraCityCollege#SanFranciscoStateUniversity#UniversityOfMarylandCollegePark#OurHeritageMagazineCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th Battalion, the only all African-American, all-female battalion to serve in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.Episode 64 features the April 29th, 2025 Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundationhttps://afro.com/congressional-gold-medal-6888th/https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380784/six-triple-eight-congressional-gold-medalCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 63 are Robin Stewart and Lee Bethel, daughter and son of Sgt. Birdie Tillman Roberts who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundation#UniversityOfOklahoma#LangstonUniversity#TillmanCemeteryLutherOklahoma#OralRobertsUniversity#FiskUniversity#MorehouseCollege#HowardUniversity#LifeShareNetworkOfOklahoma#OklahomaSecurityCommission#DonorNetworkWest#NewYorkLifeInsuranceCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. Our guest in Episode 62 is Senior Grant Writer Samantha Dorm, Co-Founder and Advisor for the Friends of Lebanon Cemetery (York, PA), Board Member of the York County History Center, and supporter of various Veterans' burial grounds initiatives.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#FriendsOfLebanonCemetery #YorkCountyHistoryCenter #GravesForVeteransProject #Veterans'LegacyGrant #NewtworkOfBlackCemeteries #PennsylvaniaHallowedGroundsNetwork #UnmarkedGravesiteInitiatives #PortChicagoDisaster #CampLoganMutiny #PavedOverProminenceProjectWalkingTour #AssociationOfGravestoneStudies Copyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 61 is Laura Thomas, granddaughter of Private First Class Grant Esther Marshall who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundation#UniversityOfNorthCarolina#BrymanUniversityCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 60 is Phyllis Mason, daughter of Private First Class Clarence Thomas, Sr. of the Montford Point Marines.#MontfordPointMarineAssociation#MontfordPointMarines#OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint#HofstraUniversity#WilsonVeteransServiceCenterCopyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 focuses on the 6888th 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 59 is Brenda Partridge Brown, daughter of Corporal Willie Belle Irvin Partridge who served in the 6888th Battalion.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundation#JacksonvilleUniversity#BrymanSchoolOfNursing#GradyMemorialHospitalAtlanta#VAHospital48#SouthViewCemeteryJonesboroGA#EchoesOfALittleBrownSoldierGirl:ADaughter'sJourneyThroughHistoryCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 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 58 is Karen Taylor, daughter of 2nd Lt. Vivian Elzie Taylor and niece of Private Marian Elzie Wilson who served in the 6888th Battalion. #blackwacs #HiddenHerStory #SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios @TylerPerryStudios #6888musical #SixTripleEightNetflix #TheSixTripleEightDocumentary #FortGreggAdams #ArmyWomensMuseum #6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours #SixTripleEight #6888th #ArmyWomensFoundation #BereanInstitute #ArtInstituteOfChicago #UniversityOfChicago #ProvidentHospitalBaltimore #HahnemannHospital Copyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode 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 57 is historian Kevin Hymel, author of the articles upon which the "The Six Triple Eight" Netflix/Tyler Perry film (2024) is based.#blackwacs#HiddenHerStory#SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios@TylerPerryStudios#6888musical#SixTripleEightNetflix#TheSixTripleEightDocumentary#FortGreggAdams#ArmyWomensMuseum#6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours#SixTripleEight#6888th#ArmyWomensFoundation#MontfordPointMarines#OurAmerica:MissionMontfordPoint#LasalleUniversity#VillanovaUniversity#ArmyHistoricalFoundation#WorldWarIIHistoryMagazine#ArmyMagazine#FortMcPhersonAtlantaCopyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. In Episode 56, we recap NextUs818 Podcast 2024 data and share reflections on the challenges that democracies face globally and nationally in 2025. #blackwacs #HiddenHerStory #SixTripleEightTylerPerryStudios @TylerPerryStudios #6888musical #LincolnPennyFilms #TheSixTripleEightDocumentary #FortGreggAdams #ArmyWomensMuseum #6888thLegacyTourStephenAmbroseHistoricalTours #SixTripleEight #6888th #ArmyWomensFoundation #MontfordPointMarineAssociation #MontfordPointMarines #OurAmerica:MissionMontfordPoint #MilaunaJackson Copyright © 2025 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 55 are Dr. Kim Avery and Lyfe Avery, granddaughter and great-grandson of Corporal Alcee Gholar, Sr. of the Montford Point Marines. #MontfordPointMarineAssociation #MontfordPointMarines #OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint #UniversityOfPhoenix #OhioDominicanUniversity #NortheasternUniversity #ShadyGroveMissionaryBaptistChurchSilverCreekMS Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. In Episode 54, we share an excerpt from the commissioning and recognition of Harriet Tubman as Brigadier General. Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570      

NextUs818 Podcast is a reflective platform for connecting past successes with future progress in the African-American community. This episode of NextUs818 Podcast features the life and legacy of Private Gerald Dixon of the 24th Infantry of the Buffalo Soldiers. This is a story of injustice and exoneration…pain and survival. In Episode 53, we share an excerpt from the ceremony honoring Private Dixon in Marion, Indiana. The ceremony moderator is Mallorie KM Berger, advocate, researcher, and 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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570      

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 52 is Dr. Diane Turner, daughter of Corporal Thomas Strickland Turner, Sr. of the Montford Point Marines. #MontfordPointMarineAssociation #MontfordPointMarines #OurAmeica:MissionMontfordPoint #HamptonUniversity #TempleUniversity #LincolnUniversityPennsylvania #RutgersUniversity #BrownUniversity #NortheasternUniversity #CheyneyUniversityOfPennsylvania #NAACP #UniversityOfSouthFlorida #CharlesLBlocksonAfrican-AmericanCollection #AfricanAmericanMuseumPhiladelphia #LangstonHughesMemorialLibrary #CareersExpress #PowerInTheCrossChurch Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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.pdf⁠ ⁠https://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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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. Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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!  Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570

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 Copyright © 2024 NextUs818 | All rights reserved | Contact: [email protected], P.O. Box 1707, Bear, Delaware 19701, 302-307-6570