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"Thurgood Marshall was present at the trial and he voiced the frustration and anger of the men on trial who were told to return to work with no change in the conditions that led to the explosion. Marshall said:"
'This is not fifty men on trial for mutiny. This is the Navy on trial for its whole vicious policy towards Negroes.'
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'This is not fifty men on trial for mutiny. This is the Navy on trial for its whole vicious policy towards Negroes.'
Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors from deadly World War II ammo explosion
The forgotten blast killed over 300. The 256 Black sailors who later demanded better safety measures were court-martialed
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Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion
Overview Planning for the naval magazine and naval barracks at Port Chicago, California, began shortly after the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, when the Navy assessed that the Mare Island Naval Weapons Station would soon reach the limits of its capacity. The new facility’s location near...
Commemorating the Port Chicago Naval Magazine Disaster of 1944: Remembering the Racial Injustices of the ‘Good War’ in Contemporary America | American Studies Journal
Port Chicago Naval Magazine Disaster, July 17, 1944, the largest homeland disaster that the United States experienced during World War II
