Charity Adams Earley laid the groundwork for today’s integrated military as the top-ranking Black woman officer and paved the way for Black women in service.

When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944 , she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail ...

Charity Adams Earley, aka Major Charity Adams, was the first Black woman to become an officer in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. By the end of World War II, she was the highest-ranking African ...

This was a subject the real commander of the 6888th, Charity Adams Earley (played in the film by Kerry Washington), gave more ...

We expressed that not only was Charity Adams Earley a Daytonian with strong ties to many civic-minded organizations in our community, but her son, Stanley, was on The Neon’s board for several ...

In the movie Kerry Washington plays U.S. Army Maj. Charity Adams Earley, a trailblazing officer of the Women's Army Corps. The 6888th Central Postal Battalion was assigned to sort through a three ...

Getty Images In the drama “The Six Triple Eight,” Kerry Washington plays Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley, the highest-ranking Black officer in World War II. Earley, along with over 800 ...

Lt. Col. Charity Adams, who stars in the Tyler Perry movie “Six Triple Eight” on Netflix, was the commanding officer and ...

The movie introduces Charity Adams much earlier, to give her a larger character arc. Charity Adams Earley, aka Major Charity Adams, was the first Black woman to become an officer in the Women’s ...