Standing Tall: Willie Long vs. U.S. Government at Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Tells the inspiring story of how the "Original 21ers" led a successful protest for economic and social justice at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in the 1960s.

Standing Tall recalls a period in the early 1960s that is part of the social justice continuum in the U.S. This is the story of how Willie Long led a protest for economic and social justice at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. The “Original 21ers” were a courageous group of African American workers willing to risk ever...