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When a Navy veteran in California passed away four years ago it was believed he was the last survivor of a ship that was sunk during WWII. But one survivor is alive - and he lives in Henrico.

Last year, California launched the first-in-the-nation statewide task force to study reparations for Black people, with special consideration for descendants of those enslaved in the United States.

Honoring a WWII veteran who survived on a raft for days after his ship sank Walter Gammon heroically survived after his destroyer, the USS Hole, was sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff Posted at 5:15 PM, May 10, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-10 17:15:51-04 HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- In a Henrico home lives a man who survived a wartime nightmare. Walter Gammon served in U.S. Navy during World War II. On October 25, 1944, Gammon and his shipmates faced in...

Black History Month: Sacramento Man Daniel Blue Freed Last Known Slave In California CBS Sacramento 2/20/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Sacramento SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — It’s not often you hear California and slavery being mentioned in the same sentence. The truth is the state wasn’t a safe haven for African Americans until a former slave helped put an end to the illegal practice. Centuries of history live in these walls, but it’s one story filling just a small box inside...