Port Chicago In the News

2024 Veterans Day Celebration: Port Chicago Sailors
November 4, 2024
Contra Costa County TV – Communications & Media
https://youtu.be/bimO_w3nAyw?si=PCpvsDbM2XfGavkd

Monument to Port Chicago 50 unveiled on Yerba Buena Island, 80 years after trial
CBS News
October 25, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/port-chicago-50-monument-yerba-buena-island-wwii-explosion/

Port Chicago: Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Accused of 1944 Revolt
Post News Group
August 19, 2024
https://www.postnewsgroup.com/port-chicago-navy-exonerates-256-black-sailors-accused-of-1944-revolt/

Robert L. Allen, 82, Leaves Legacy of Civil Rights Activism and Scholarship
Post News Group
August 18, 2024
https://www.postnewsgroup.com/robert-l-allen-82-leaves-legacy-of-civil-rights-activism-and-scholarship/

KPIX News Special: Port Chicago – Justice at Last – YouTube
KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA – YouTube
August 18, 2024
https://youtu.be/tvsMRT126fE?si=n5VZaRoRTlqqutM8

U.S. Navy searches for descendants of exonerated Port Chicago defendants
CBS News Bay Area
August 17, 2024 https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/us-navy-searches-descendants-exonerated-port-chicago-defendants/

MIL-OSI USA: Congressman DeSaulnier Commends U.S. Navy Exoneration of Port Chicago 50 on 80th Anniversary of Explosion.
MIL-OSI
August 14, 2024.
https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2024/08/14/mil-osi-usa-congressman-desaulnier-commends-u-s-navy-exoneration-of-port-chicago-50-on-80th-anniversary-of-explosion/

The hidden history of Black sailors unjustly punished after the Port Chicago explosion
PBS NEWS WEEKEND
Aug 4, 2024 7:31 PM EDT
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-hidden-history-of-black-sailors-unjustly-punished-after-the-port-chicago-explosion

Black sailors exonerated 80 years after port disaster
The Militant Vol. 88/ No. 30
August 12, 2024
https://themilitant.com/2024/08/02/black-sailors-exonerated-80-years-after-port-disaster/#

Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Accused of Revolt In 1944
California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media
August 1, 2024
https://lasentinel.net/navy-exonerates-256-black-sailors-accused-of-revolt-in-1944.html

Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Accused of Revolt In 1944
CBM NEWSWIRE
July 25, 2024
https://sacobserver.com/2024/07/navy-exonerates-256-black-sailors-accused-of-revolt-in-1944/

SECNAV Del Toro Signs Executive Order Exonerating World War II Veterian Sailors of the Port Chicago Incident
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES
July 17, 2024
Office of the Secretary of the Navy
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/477346/secnav-del-toro-signs-executive-order-exonerating-world-war-ii-veterian-sailors-port-chicago-incident

Ensuring Port Chicago tragedy doesn’t happen again
KTVU
July 30, 2024 8:40am PDT
https://www.ktvu.com/video/1493107

Unjustly punished Black WWII sailors finally receive justice
New York Amsterdam News
July 25, 2024
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/07/25/unjustly-punished-black-wwii-sailors-finally-receive-justice/

GUEST COMMENTARY: CELEBRATING THE EXONERATION OF THE PORT CHICAGO 50
Vanguard News Group
July 26, 2024
https://davisvanguard.org/2024/07/guest-commentary-celebrating-the-exoneration-of-the-port-chicago-50/

Robert Allen, champion of Black sailors in ’44 mutiny case, dies at 82
The Washington Post
July 26, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/26/robert-allen-dead-navy-mutiny/

Robert L. Allen, a ‘Black Scholar’ in every sense of the words
New York Amsterdam News
July 25, 2024
https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/07/25/robert-l-allen-a-black-scholar-in-every-sense-of-the-words/

U.S. Navy exonerates Black WWII sailors convicted after Port Chicago explosion
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
July 24, 2024
https://pridepublishinggroup.com/2024/07/24/u-s-navy-exonerates-black-wwii-sailors-convicted-after-port-chicago-explosion/

Robert L. Allen, who shed light on a Navy yard blast and trial, dies at 82
artdaily.com
August 8, 2024
https://artdaily.com/news/172388/Robert-L–Allen–who-shed-light-on-a-Navy-yard-blast-and-trial–dies-at-82

Robert L. Allen, 82, Dies; Recounted Mutiny Trial After Naval Port Blasts – A Tribute to the Life of Robert L. Allen
WireNewsFax
https://www.wirenewsfax.com/robert-l-allen-82-dies-recounted-mutiny-trial-after-naval-port-blasts-a-tribute-to-the-life-of-robert-l-allen

Navy Exonerates Port Chicago Sailors on 80th Anniversary of Deadly Explosion
Pop Smoke Media
August 8, 2024
https://www.popsmokemedia.com/navy-exonerates-port-chicago-sailors-on-80th-anniversary-of-deadly-explosion

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly court-martialed in WWII-era Port Chicago explosion
ABC News
July 18, 2024
https://abc7chicago.com/post/navy-exonerates-256-black-sailors-unjustly-punished-1944/15065015/

Port Chicago explosion remembered 80 years later
ABC 7 News
July 20, 2024
https://abc7news.com/videoClip/15075883/

Navy’s exoneration restores honor for the Port Chicago 50
The Pioneer
July 20, 2024
https://pioneerpublishers.com/navys-exoneration-restores-honor-for-the-port-chicago-50/

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after deadly Bay Area port explosion
ABC 7 News
July 17, 2024
https://abc7news.com/videoClip/15065188/

Port Chicago explosion memorial held
NBC Bay Area
YouTube
https://youtu.be/g91YDnRIffw?si=8GUIn4m2j_HYX8ZS

Black sailors exonerated in 1944 Port Chicago explosion
NBC Bay Area
YouTube
https://youtu.be/MFREHc_qGOQ?si=NbgTekvF8gYHT-l4

Many gather for 80th anniversary of 1944 deadly Port Chicago explosion
The Associated Press
July 20, 2024 Updated
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/many-gather-for-80th-anniversary-of-1944-deadly-port-chicago-explosion/3598671/

Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Unjustly Punished in 1944 After a Deadly California Port Explosion
Military.com
July 17, 2024
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/07/17/navy-exonerates-256-black-sailors-unjustly-punished-1944-after-deadly-california-port-explosion.html

80 years after Port Chicago explosion, relatives celebrate exoneration of Black sailors
ABC7 News Bay Area
YouTube
https://youtu.be/w4gmfUOO1kk?si=pmGBXYUMICkOFo-J

Navy exonerates Black sailors 80 years after Port Chicago disaster
July 20, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/navy-exonerates-black-sailors-80-years-after-port-chicago-disaster/

RIP Robert L. Allen, a Black scholar in every sense of the words
Detroit Metro Times
July 19, 2024
https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/rip-robert-l-allen-a-black-scholar-in-every-sense-of-the-words-36838237

Navy exonerates Black sailors unjustly punished after 1944 Port Chicago blast
KPIX CBS News Bay Area
July 29, 2024
https://youtu.be/y2YXfGFfyxc?si=Vvvh4V2alwza7-1k

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished over 1944 port explosion
NPR
July 19, 2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/19/nx-s1-5044601/navy-exonerates-256-black-sailors-unjustly-punished-over-1944-port-explosion

Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Unjustly Punished After 1944 Explosion
Black Information Network
July 19, 2024
https://chicagodefender.com/navy-exonerates-256-black-sailors-unjustly-punished-after-1944-explosion/

US Navy exonerates black sailors convicted of mutiny following 1944 Port Chicago explosion
Jurist News
July 18, 2024
https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/07/us-navy-exonerates-black-sailors-mutiny-convictions-following-1944-port-chicago-explosion/

The Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished over 1944 WWII port explosion
NPR
July 18, 2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/18/nx-s1-5044316/navy-exonerates-black-sailors-explosion

Navy exonerates Black sailors in deadly 1944 port blast. Families say it was long overdue
USA Today
July 18, 2024
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/18/black-sailors-navy-port-chicago-explosion-world-war-ii/74444927007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p

Navy Exonerates 256 Black Defendants for Actions Following 1944 Port Chicago Explosion
USNI News – U.S. Naval Institute
July 18, 2024
https://news.usni.org/2024/07/18/navy-exonerates-256-black-defendants-of-1944-port-chicago-explosion

Black Sailors Exonerated 80 Years After Deadly World War II Disaster
Smithsonian Magazine
July 19, 2024
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/black-sailors-exonerated-80-years-after-deadly-wwii-disaster-180984734/

U.S. Navy exonerates Black sailors unjustly punished in WWII Port Chicago explosion aftermath
CBS News Chicago
July 18, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/navy-exonerates-black-sailors-convicted-in-largest-mutiny-in-u-s-history/

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion
AP NEWS
July 17, 2024
https://apnews.com/article/navy-black-sailors-port-explosion-wwii-racism-df009fd75325758b15294e2fdad93729

Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Punished after 1944 Port Chicago Explosion
The National WWII Museum
July 18, 2024
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/navy-exonerates-256-black-sailors-punished-after-1944-port-chicago-explosion

Family of Port Chicago 50 hopes this will be the year of exonerations
CBS News Chicago
July 17, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-port-chicago-50-exonerations/

Remembering the Port Chicago Explosion, 80 Years Later
KQED News
July 10, 2024
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960447/port-chicago-explosion-80-year-anniversary

DeSaulnier and Lee Introduce Bill to Confront and Correct Racism and Discrimination in Our Nation’s History
Congressman Mark DeSaulnier
February 23, 2021
https://desaulnier.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/desaulnier-and-lee-introduce-bill-confront-and-correct-racism-and

Congressman Adam Schiff, Oakland Teachers, Remembering Port Chicago
KQED News
February 8, 2019
http://bit.ly/2N4WlPK

War, ‘Mutiny’ and Civil Rights: Remembering Port Chicago
Oakland Post
Jan 19, 2019
http://bit.ly/2N277pC

Treadway: Port Chicago dramatization; Fred Korematsu talk; Lost cities of West County program
East Bay Times
January 23, 2018
http://bayareane.ws/2Dtz4kL

Vallejo incident led to largest mutiny trial in U.S. Navy history
Vallejo Times-Herald
August 6, 2017
http://bit.ly/2DNghBO

Remembering the ‘Port Chicago Disaster’
WUSA-TV
July 18, 2017
http://on.wusa9.com/2DQstly

Profile of disaster survivor William Vernon “Ray” Ross
Orange County Register
June 30, 2017
http://bit.ly/2DP3kaW

Port Chicago explosion anniversary marked as US focuses on race
San Francisco Chronicle
July 17, 2016
http://bit.ly/29Po41n

94-year-old East Bay park ranger receives replacement presidential coin
MercuryNews.com
July 18, 2016
http://bayareane.ws/29Pn11G

Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger Receives Replacement Coin in Surprise Ceremony
NBC Bay Area
July 18, 2016
http://bit.ly/29PptFs

Nation’s oldest park ranger receives new presidential coin after original was stolen in home robbery
Los Angeles Times
July 18, 2016
http://lat.ms/29PpSr9

East Bay’s Park It: Port Chicago disaster to be memorialized
July 10, 2016
East Bay Times
http://bayareane.ws/29MAneO

Treadway: Port Chicago ceremony to mark anniversary of military disaster
July 5, 2016
East Bay Times
http://bayareane.ws/29MADKW

Call for President Obama to exonerate WWII Port Chicago 50 African-American sailors
November 19, 2015
KTVU
http://bit.ly/2urfLbe

DeSaulnier Provision Requiring Navy to Investigate Treatment of Sailors at Port Chicago Included in National Defense Authorization Act
April 29, 2015
Claycord.com
http://bit.ly/29MzTpf

New Call to Exonerate the Port Chicago 50
April 9, 2015
NBC Bay Area
http://bit.ly/29MAffl

Port Chicago 50: kin of segregated black sailors call on Obama for exoneration
October 11, 2015
The Guardian
http://bit.ly/29MzSBP

Boxer, Feinstein urge Obama to exonerate ‘Port Chicago 50’
September 29, 2015
East Bay Times
http://bit.ly/29MBvz2

Editorial: Time for President Obama to provide the Port Chicago 50 the justice they deserved
September 4, 2015
Oakland Tribune
http://bit.ly/29MziUx

Editorial: The Port Chicago 50: President Obama must right a WWII wrong
August 22, 2015
San Francisco Chronicle
http://bit.ly/29SWJiG

Bay Area lawmakers ask Obama to exonerate black Port Chicago sailors convicted of mutiny
August 21, 2015
East Bay Times
http://bit.ly/29SXc4k

Port Chicago event will mark 71st anniversary of explosion
East Bay Times
June 14, 2015
http://bit.ly/29SWILM

‘Port Chicago 50’ Wins Seventh Annual Battle of the Kids’ Books
March 31, 2015
School Library Journal
http://bit.ly/29SWuUG

Port Chicago National Memorial: Explore an explosive crisis
February 11, 2015
San Francisco Chronicle
http://bit.ly/29SW0hg

How a Deadly Explosion 70 Years Ago Led to Integrating the Navy
KQED.org
July 19, 2014
http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2014/07/19/port-chicago-anniversary/

Port Chicago Disaster Stuns the Nation, 70 Years Ago
History.com
July 17, 2014
http://www.history.com/news/port-chicago-disaster-stuns-the-nation-70-years-ago

Port Chicago disaster exposed racism in military; helped launch civil rights movement
Contra Costa Times
July 16, 2014
http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_26162692/port-chicago-disaster-exposed-racism-military-helped-launch

Focus: Port Chicago Disaster
Orange County Register
July 17, 2014
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/port-629131-chicago-disaster.html

Significance of Port Chicago’s impact on American, military history
Contra Costa Times
July 9, 2014
http://www.contracostatimes.com/pleasant-hill/ci_26116601/significance-port-chicagos-impact-american-military-history

War, ‘mutiny’ and civil rights: Remembering Port Chicago
UC Berkeley NewsCenter
July 10, 2014
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/07/10/remembering-port-chicago/

Event chair Camarin Madigan on KPOO-FM 89.5
July 12, 2014

Chris Treadway: Events will commemorate Port Chicago disaster
Contra Costa Times
July 8, 2014
http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_26113055/chris-treadway-events-will-commemorate-port-chicago-disaster

The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center Remembers Port Chicago’s Men of Valor
Robert Allen, author of The Port Chicago Mutiny to speak at symposium July 17
EurWeb.com
http://www.eurweb.com/2014/07/the-black-hollywood-education-and-resource-center-remembers-port-chicagos-men-of-valor/

Photos: 1944 Port Chicago blast uncovered military racism
San Jose Mercury News
July 16, 2014
http://photos.mercurynews.com/2014/07/16/photos-1944-port-chicago-blast-uncovered-military-racism/#4

Port Chicago blast still reverberates 70 years later
KaiserPermanenteHistory.org
July 14 2014
http://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/port-chicago-blast-still-reverberates-70-years-later/