In 2024, the U.S. Navy exonerated 256 Black Sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in 1944 following the Port Chicago explosion in California that killed 320 people.
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“The Port Chicago Alliance persuaded the State of California and cities, counties and organizations in the state to pass resolutions supporting the exoneration.”
“Port Chicago Alliance... organized an inaugural four-day Port Chicago Weekend, a festival in the Bay Area, which began on July 18 and was able to celebrate the exoneration.”