Port Chicago – Desegregation of the US Navy
Monday, July 29, 2019 by Sarah Sundin
In the worst Home Front disaster of World War II, an explosion at the Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California on July 17, 1944, killed 320 men, of whom 202 were Black. The tragedy was followed by a work stoppage and a controversial mutiny trial. This sent ripples of change through the segregated armed forces. These events are included in my third novel, Blue Skies Tomorrow. This is the last in a five-part series o... Read Article