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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/

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