Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly court-martialed for WWII-era Port Chicago explosion
Mare Island Navy Yard (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in 1944 following the Port Chicago explosion in California that killed 320 people. The sailors had been punished for refusing to go back to work in what they considered to be anRead More →