Photo: Port Chicago after the 17 July 1944 explosion. Source states: "This view looks north, showing the wreckage of Building A-7 (Joiner Shop) in the center and ship pier beyond... Bulldozer and damaged automobiles in the foreground, railway crane at left, and scattered pilings." Credit: U.S. Naval Historical Center; Wikimedia Commons.

Remembering Port Chicago, Part III: The Tragedy That Helped End Segregation in the Armed Forces

By Guest Author on July 18, 2019

Third article by Casey Gauntt about his family connections to a WWII disaster: the munitions explosion at Port Chicago, California, on 17 July 1944... (Read More)

Remembering Port Chicago, Part II: The Tragedy That Helped End Segregation in the Armed Forces

By Guest Author on July 17, 2019

Second article by Casey Gauntt about his family connections to a WWII disaster: the munitions explosion at Port Chicago, California, on 17 July 1944... (Read More)

Photo: Thurgood Marshall photographed on 13 June 1967 in the Oval Office. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Thurgood Marshall Nominated: First Black Supreme Court Justice

By Tony Pettinato on June 15, 2015

An article about President Johnson announcing on 13 June 1967 his nomination of Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American Supreme Court justice... (Read More)

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