The Navy on Wednesday exonerated 256 Black sailors found to be unjustly punished in 1944, after a deadly California port explosion revealed racial disparities in the military, Navy Secretary ...

It is denied at the Navy Department ... by the elimination of the black men or by his consolidation, as is the case in the army. It is admitted that blacks make good sailors, but it is urged ...

The hidden history of Black sailors unjustly punished after the Port Chicago explosion Eighty years ago, 320 people died in a massive explosion at a Navy munitions depot in Port Chicago, California.

Historian Glenn Knoblock has written books on the experiences of Black sailors in the U.S. Navy. GLENN KNOBLOCK: You could almost think of them as personal servants. PRICE: But during battle ...