Fifty Black sailors refused to go back to work after the deadly Port Chicago explosion, citing unaddressed safety concerns. Convicted of mutiny, they weren't exonerated until last year.

On Tuesday, a Raleigh post office on Brentwood Road was officially renamed the "Millie Dunn Veasey Post Office." A Raleigh native, Millie Dunn Veasey served in the African American Women’s Army Corp ...