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Home→Published 2019 → July

Monthly Archives: July 2019

Port Chicago Disaster

Posted on Thursday, 18 July 2019 by Mark ThomasJuly 18, 2019

At 10:18 p.m. on July 17, 1944, a pair of explosions at the Port Chicago naval pier killed more than 300 military personnel and civilian workers. The event caused the largest number of stateside deaths during the war. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights

Niagara Movement

Posted on Friday, 12 July 2019 by Mark ThomasJuly 12, 2019

The Niagara Movement is often described as the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons, NAACP, which is not untrue. However, the 1905 gathering began as in response to another movement launched a decade earlier. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights
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