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Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
Concord, CA
This memorial commemorates the Port Chicago disaster, where in 1944, a massive explosion at the naval ammunition depot killed 320 sailors and civilians, two-thirds of whom were African American. The ensuing mutiny trial highlighted racial discrimination in the military.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that Black Americans were not trusted to fight for the country. They fought — and were still denied the rights they defended.
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