Op-Ed
Vallejo’s Black shipyard workers forged nationwide reforms
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In the early 1960s, a small group of Black workers began organizing for equal treatment at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard — and inspired nationwide reforms.
Brendan Riley
Brendan Riley grew up and lives in Vallejo, California. He is the author of Lower Georgia Street: California's Forgotten Barbary Coast. He previously had a 39-year career as a political and government affairs writer for The Associated Press.