CCCBA Port Chicago Taskforce

Three days before the 80th Anniversary Commemoration event, July 20, 2024, the Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, granted EXONERATION to all 258 of the sailors involved. "The exoneration of the African American sailors," he said, "clears their names, restores their honor and acknowledges the courage they displayed in the face of immense danger."

These are the leaders from the Contra Costa County Bar Association who have taken on this challenge to exonerate the Port Chicago 50.

On the evening of July 17, 1944, residents in the San Francisco east bay area were jolted awake by a massive explosion that cracked windows and lit up the night sky.

Read stories of the 50 men who were charged with mutiny and others who remember that fateful night.

Please add your voice to the growing numbers of those who seek exoneration for the fifty sailors wrongly convicted of mutiny by the Navy.

Read the latest on nationwide efforts to exonerate the Port Chicago 50.

Read more about the event through the eyes of the world.