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DESCRIPTION:Labor Day 2011\n\nLabor Struggles that Helped Spark the Civil Rights 
 Movement\n \nForgotten Industrial and Labor History of Mare Island and Port 
 Chicago\n \nAn illustrated talk by Michael Daly\n\nThe now partially 
 abandoned naval yards at Mare Island and Port Chicago were once abuzz with 
 the toil of some 50,000 workers building ships and supplying the Pacific 
 Front during World War II.  On July 17, 1944 some 5000 tons of munitions 
 exploded in Port Chicago, killing 320 sailors, mostly African Americans, as 
 they were loading the merchant marine ship SS E. A. Bryan.  Following the 
 worst home-front disaster of the war and fearing for their lives, 258 
 African American sailors refused to load munitions.  The incident was a 
 significant factor in initiating the Civil Rights Movement.\n \nMichael 
 Daly, who formerly worked in the structural steel industry, is a labor 
 historian, a planner for LaborFest, and a citizen activist for the 
 conversion of abandoned military and industrial installations to beneficial 
 civilian use.\n \nDonation: $5-10 (no one turned away)\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/15/18687772.php
SUMMARY:Labor Struggles that Helped Spark the Civil Rights Movement
LOCATION:San Jose Peace and Justice Center\n48 South 7th Street\nSan Jose, CA 95112
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/15/18687772.php
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