Description
Bob Jeffrey’s parents worked in Port Chicago in the 1940s; he (as a pre-teen) and his parents were part of the black community that experienced the 1944 explosion. Mr. Jeffrey recalls his mother’s restaurant and father’s carpentry work in Port Chicago. Jeffrey remembers the explosion and the aftermath of the mutiny trial and describes the segregation and racism his family and their friends experienced during the 1940s and early 1950s.