The sailors had refused to return to work after the blast killed hundreds. The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in 1944 following the Port Chicago ...

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who refused ... The blast that happened at the Port Chicago naval weapons station in California killed 320 people and injured 400 more.

The remaining sailors, now known as the "Port Chicago 50," refused to resume work, which the Navy called an act of mutiny. It sentenced the men to dishonorable discharge, 15 years of confinement ...

U.S. forces were in desperate need of ammunition, and Port Chicago in northern California became a critical supply point. At the time, the Navy was still segregated. Naval historian Dr. Regina ...

This week, the Navy officially exonerated the Port Chicago 50. All of the men have since died. But almost 30 years ago, independent producer Dan Collison spoke to five of them for a documentary ...

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in 1944 following the Port Chicago explosion ...