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port chicago mutiny  

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  • The Port Chicago Mutiny of 1944 placed the military's discriminatory racial policies in the public eye. The incident highlighted the harsh realities of a segregated military that fought for liberty overseas while placing African Americans in jobs that afforded them less status and placed them in tremendous danger. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Port Chicago Mutiny]

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