He wrote of how 50 Black sailors were court-martialed for refusing to keep loading munitions onto cargo ships in 1944 after explosions had killed hundreds. They were exonerated this month. By Richard ...

US Navy on Wednesday exonerated 256 black sailors who were convicted of mutiny and disobeying orders following the naval base explosion at Port Chicago, California around 80 years ago. The explosion ...

Carol Cherry never knew her father was a central character in one of the darkest chapters of American military history until long after his death — something she found out from her sister. "I said, ...

THE PORT CHICAGO SAILORS. THE MILITARY FLAGS BLOWING IN THE WIND EVERY YEAR, ALL FOUR BRANCHES ARRIVE IN THE BAY AREA TO CELEBRATE THE PRIDE OF THE MILITARY DURING FLEET WEEK. THIS YEAR, THERE IS ...

Before this trip, I had never heard of the Port Chicago Disaster. And honestly? That’s the problem. After spending the week in Concord, CA, attending events planned around the 81st Anniversary of the ...

July 17 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy exonerated 256 Black sailors Wednesday, on what was the 80th anniversary of the Port Chicago explosion in California, for their unjust punishment following the deadly ...

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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with producer Dan Collison about his documentary on the Port Chicago 50, a group of Black sailors who were charged with mutiny for refusing to work under unsafe conditions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a deadly ammunition blast at California's Port Chicago during World War II, 50 Black sailors were convicted of mutiny for ...

CONCORD — One hour meant the difference between life and death for Morris Soublet Sr., a 22-year-old sailor assigned during World War II to load ammunition at Port Chicago, a remote naval base ...