By TARA COPP WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double standards among the then-segregated ranks. On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, […]


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Originally Published: <time datetime="2024-07-17 12:40:36">July 17, 2024 at 12:40 p.m.</time>

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