New park at former Concord naval base officially to honor Port Chicago sailors

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News June 6, 2021June 4, 2021

A conceptual drawing shows how a former munitions bunker might be converted into an art exhibit at the future Thurgood Marshall Regional Park in Concord. The East Bay Regional Park District officially named the park at its June 2 meeting in honor of Marshall and the "Port Chicago 50" African American sailors who stood up to racism in the wake of a deadly explosion at the former military base. (Image courtesy of East Bay Regional Park District)

The new park coming to the former Concord Naval Weapons Station will be named “Thurgood Marshall Regional Park — Home of the Port Chicago 50.”

The East Bay Regional Park District board of directors last week voted unanimously on the name.

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