Black sailors exonerated 80 years after port disaster
Vol. 88/ No. 30 - August 12, 2024![Loading ammunition at Port Chicago, California, naval depot. In October 1944, 50 Black enlisted men were court-martialed for “mutiny” for refusing to return to jobs after explosion there killed 320 people. Inset, Dec. 2, 1944, Militant editorial denouncing the verdict.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Port-Chicago-8830-300x240.jpg)
OAKLAND, Calif. — On July 17 Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced the exoneration of 50 Black sailors who had been tried for mutiny and jailed during World War II. The announcement came on the 80th anniversary of a huge…