“We didn't commit no mutiny. We didn't take over no ship. We didn't take over a base.We had no weapons. We didn't even have a pen. We only refused to go back to work. Now how could that be mutiny?”
Meeks was one of the African-American sailors at Port Chicago (see Labor History, below).
Meeks was one of the African-American sailors at Port Chicago (see Labor History, below).