What was the Port Chicago disaster?
Correct answer: Munitions explosion
constantgamer0421
How terrible that those 50 men were imprisoned and forced into hard labor for standing up for their own and others safety of work environment, even moreso since it had, and could've certainly killed and injured civilians again.
SJC
Related trivia: Only military lawyers could take part in the trial. But one civilian lawyer attended the proceedings and drew public and official attention to the injustices revealed by the disaster. That man was Thurgood Marshall (then chief counsel for the NAACP) who would later become the first African-American Supreme Court justice.
Player #9442102
stashio2020, my Dad drove an ammunition truck as part of his job. He said you would be surprised at how other cars would keep their distance when they saw a truck with danger live ammunition emblazoned on the truck!
starjumper
German soldiers in WW11 said they were only following orders as well. Americans are taught to think for themselves . The order was wrong no matter what.
Mama Crow
And so, we have unions. "Necessity is the mother of invention!"
Player #24358685
Caopolican, and they didn't think about safety the way we do today. You can find contemporary footage of the construction of Grand Coulee Dam that shows men standing on girders being lowered all the way down, so they could guide the crane operator. No harness, no safety at all. Today, some supervisors would be getting the axe!
Uninitialized
i lived in port chicago as a little boy. heard about the accident
Player #10205552
Caopolican, really?
Player #62752956
constantgamer0421, service members are not guaranteed a safe working environment by definition. The service members who stormed Normandy right around this time would have been mutinous to refuse orders. Having these munitions stuck at port could cost the lives of thousands of service members and civilians in war zones.
Brad
Player #10381263 ber, no. yet someone who hated blacks might have bn responsible. who knows?
Black Wallstreet was REAL.
and a hater sergeant led Jessie Owens and his fellow black army company into an ambush...
Player #3429927
stashio2020, New to me also. I was 6 years old and lived in nearby Richmond but never in my life had I ever heard of this!