The Port Chicago 50
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In 1944, the US Navy charged 50 Black sailors with mutiny for refusing to load munitions following an explosion at Port Chicago, near Concord, which killed 320 people, mostly Black enlisted men.
The Port Chicago 50 were wrongly convicted and only recently exonerated.
Treasure Island Museum partnered with the Treasure Island Development Group, Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, East Bay Regional Park District, Treasure Island Development Authority, and Hood Design Studio to create the only permanent monument honoring the Port Chicago 50 that is fully accessible to the public; it was dedicated and unveiled in Panorama Park on Yerba Buena Island yesterday.
As Speaker of the House Emerita Nancy Pelosi wrote in her letter congratulating Treasure Island Museum and our partners on this project: "The exoneration (of the Port Chicago 50) honors their memory and their contributions to build a more just and equal future for all Americans."