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DESCRIPTION:65th Anniversary of the Port Chicago Explosion\nOn July 17, 1944, a massive 
 explosion shook the naval weapons station at Port Chicago, near Concord, 
 California. Three hundred and twenty (320) mostly Black sailors and 
 civilian workers were killed and 390 were injured. As a result of the lack 
 of proper health and safety rules, and overt racism against the Black 
 sailors who were used as labor to move the weapons on the ships, a mutiny 
 strike took place to demand health and safety regulations on the job. Fifty 
 of these Black sailors were convicted of mutiny and sentenced to long terms 
 in prison. They became known as the Port Chicago 50 and this case of mutiny 
 exposed the racism and lack of training and health and safety protection 
 for sailors and workers at Port Chicago. Professor Robert Allen, Ph.D, who 
 has written about this incident and produced a film will also attend this 
 memorial meeting.\nSee:\nThe Port Chicago Mutiny: The Story of the Largest 
 Mass Mutiny Trial in U.S. Naval History, (1989, republished 2006 by Heyday 
 Books). \n\nTo attend this free event, please RSVP with your name, phone 
 number, the number of people in your party, and any special needs to: (925) 
 228-8860 x26. Please go to the following web sites for more 
 info:\nhttp://www.nps.gov/poch/\nhttp://www.usmm.org/portchicago.html 
 \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Allen\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Port_Chicago_50\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/19/18602682.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest:Port Chicago National Memorial 65th Anniversary
LOCATION:Port Chicago, CA (near Concord)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/19/18602682.php
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