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Navy exonerates Black sailors unjustly punished in WWII Port Chicago explosion
It was the worst home-front disaster of World War II. When Sheppard and other Black sailors were ordered to resume the same dangerous work, they refused. The Port Chicago 50 were convicted of ...
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Honor after exoneration: Port Chicago sailors’ fight for justice isn’t over
Hiram Crittenden was the first volunteer to pursue a new legal strategy to restore honor to U.S. Navy sailors stationed at Port Chicago in Contra Costa County, where a massive explosion during ...