This musical suite by bandleader and bassist Marcus Shelby recalls the Bay Area naval base where a devastating 1944 explosion killed 320 predominantly African American sailors. The resulting protests against racial discrimination and unsafe working conditions set in motion the largest mutiny trial in U.S. Navy history, and ultimately the desegregation of the armed forces.
This musical suite by bandleader and bassist Marcus Shelby recalls the Bay Area naval base where a devastating 1944 explosion killed 320 predominantly African American sailors. The resulting protests against racial discrimination and unsafe working conditions set in motion the largest mutiny trial in U.S. Navy history, and ultimately the desegregation of the armed forces.
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