Maryland lawmakers introduced a bill Monday to posthumously award Henrietta Lacks a Congressional Gold Medal for her ...

Falb is now looking to achieve the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor in the program, and attend the national award ceremony in Washington, D.C. in June of 2026.

The armed forces women recognized as the “Six Triple Eight” were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for their groundbreaking work during World War II on Tuesday.

The Six Triple Eight cleared a years-long backlog of mail in just three months. Eighty years later, the unit is finally ...

Lacks' immortal cells were taken without her consent in 1951 and used for research that changed the course of modern medicine ...

The Six Triple Eight, who served overseas during WWII, were honored during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in D.C. 80 ...

Maryland Rep. Kweisi Mfume and Sen. Chris Van Hollen introduced the Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act, in the U.S.

The only Black, all-female unit serving in Europe during World War II received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday at the United States Capitol.

during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the Six Triple Eight in Emancipation Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2025. The Six Triple Eight were the only female unit ...

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” has been presented ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) hosted a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to the members of the “Six Triple Eight” battalion — the only Black, all-female unit to serve during World War II.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — A Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring a group of Black women who served overseas during World War II, brought hundreds of people to the nation’s capital Tuesday.