320 BLACK NAVY PERSONNEL KILLED AND JACKIE ROBINSON BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES

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Back on July 17, 1944, something truly tragic happened. Imagine being at the munitions facility in Port Chicago, California, just 35 miles north of San Francisco. Now, this wasn't your regular work shift. Black Navy personnel units were GIVEN THE JOB OF loading munitions, and they were doing it around the clock – a dangerous job, no doubt.

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