On 9 November 1972, 132 mostly Black sailors refused to reboard the USS Constellation ship in San Diego during the Vietnam war in protest against racist practices on the ship. More info in our podcast episode with veterans about the resistance in the US Navy and Army during the war: https://workingclasshistory.com/2018/08/06/e10-the-gi-resistance-in-vietnam-part-1/
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"Black Sailors Mutiny on the USS Constellation, 1972." Historianspeaks, November 10, 2025. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/black-sailors-mutiny-on-the-uss-constellation-1972.
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