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Actor Milauna Jackson Talks Crafting Resilience & Authority For ‘The Six Triple Eight’

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Resilient Black women of WWII postal battalion overcome daunting odds in Netflix drama 'The Six Triple Eight'
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  • Actress Milauna Jackson takes on the role of Lt. Abbie Noel Campbell, one of the pioneering Black women who sorted through 17 million pieces of backlogged mail despite rampant racism and sexism
  • The film, written and directed by Tyler Perry, shines a light on the true story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the first all-Black, all-female military unit to serve overseas during WWII
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Milauna Jackson, Kerry Washington, Netflix, Tyler Perry Studios, The Six Triple Eight
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