The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, And The Fight For Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, And The Fight For Civil Rights As WWII escalates overseas, African American sailors at Port Chicago were under pressure to load bombs faster and faster onto waiting ships, until a horrific explosion killed hundreds.In the days that followed, 50 men refused to work under such unsafe conditions and were charged with mutiny.Interviews, court records, and other primary sources are woven into this little known story of a segregated military.

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