On July 17, 1944, sailors were loading two liberty ships at Port Chicago in Suisun Bay, nearly 30 miles northeast of Oakland, when an explosion went off and killed 320 people, 200 of whom were Black. Among the 390 who were injured, nearly 60% also were Black. After the explosion at the port, which served … Continue reading Oakland honors Black sailors who died in World War II explosion and those found mutinous for protesting