When they finished their shift at Pinto Island, they were met by a mob of white shipyard workers who were armed with clubs, pipes, and many other dangerous weapons. They attacked any African American worker they could find, throwing two of them into the Mobile River. They were met by other African American workers who jumped in to avoid the mobs.
When they finished their shift at Pinto Island, they were confronted by a mob of white shipyard workers armed with clubs, pipes, and other weapons. They attacked any African American worker they could find, throwing two into the Mobile River. Other African American workers intervened to protect themselves from the mobs.