Exonerate the "Port of Chicago 50" naval workers. Not a pardon; but an honest correction of a past injustice. It's time.

Working under orders for a month, following the harbor-side explosion of a munitions ship on July 7, 1944; hundreds of sailors went on a work-strike to protest unsafe work conditions. Of these, the "Port of Chicago 50" were imprisoned, charged and convicted of "mutiny." These African-American sailors did not receive fair justice; their imprisonment becoming emblematic of policies of segregation and discrimination within the Navy. In 1999, President Clinton issued a single pardon to Freddie Meeks; one of the only two surviving men improperly convicted. It is time to correct the record, out of fairness and respect for those who were wronged, for their honor, their families and communities by issuing an Executive Order exonerating all of the Port of Chicago 50.