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Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished after 1944 California port explosion
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy 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 …