July 17 will mark 80 years since the Port Chicago disaster.
CHICAGO â An inside look at the 'Port Chicago 50,' a group of Black sailors charged and convicted in the largest U.S. Navy mutiny in history, but the daughter of one of those sailors said she and others are hoping this is the year of exonerations.'Knowing the backstories behind some of the pictures warms my heart.'Carol Cherry had to do her research before she could recite the story by heart.
After he left work one night, there was an explosion. And then another. Three hundred twenty were killed, and 390 were hurt. It was the worst home-front disaster of World War II.'It had to be traumatic,' she said.When Shepherd and other Black sailors were ordered to resume the same dangerous work, they refused.'It was 50 guys left, and he was one of those 50,' Cherry said.The Port Chicago 50 were convicted of mutiny and sentenced to prison.
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