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1992
The WWII era Port Chicago disaster of 1944. Munitions being loaded at the port exploded, killing over 300 sailors and civilians and wounding nearly 400 more. Many at the port refused to return until safety measures were taken. Of those, 50 were convicted of mutiny by the navy and over 200 charged with various crimes. In this clip we hear directly from some of these men, who during 1992 still lived with the stigma of being ‘mutineers’.
The vast majority of those killed, wounded and convicted were black men. It wasn’t until 2024 that all 256 convicted men were exonerated by the U.S. Navy, including those who served prison time for mutiny.
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