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The Houston race riot of 1917, also known as the Camp Logan Mutiny, was a mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers from the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, taking place on August 23, 1917, in Houston, Texas.
Feb 26, 2022 · The tension erupted in a deadly riot on Aug. 23, 1917, said John A. Haymond, a military historian who led the tour. The uprising lasted more than two hours and claimed 19 lives — a mix of...
Nov 1, 1995 · The Houston Riot of 1917 was one of the saddest chapters in the history of American race relations. It vividly illustrated the problems that the nation struggled with on the home front during wartime.
Nov 16, 2023 · On July 27, 1917, soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, an all-Black unit known as the Buffalo Soldiers, arrived in Houston to guard the construction of the Camp Logan...
Apr 10, 2024 · When the US Army transferred an African American regiment into the deep south, racial tensions exploded. What followed became known as the Houston Riot.
Court Martial for Camp Logan soldiers (24th Infantry) This essay explores the events that took place before, during, and after the riots. However, also see these sidebars: Angela Holder, history professor at Houston Community College, Central Campus, is a great
Nov 12, 2023 · A military court convicted 110 Black soldiers of the 24th Infantry — one of the four Buffalo Soldier regiments in the U.S. Army — of mutiny, murder and assault in 1917, the largest murder trial...
Nov 13, 2023 · On Dec. 11, 1917, Pfc. Thomas C. Hawkins and 12 other Black soldiers who had been convicted of mutiny and other crimes during a riot in Houston earlier that year were hanged. It was the...
Nov 25, 2017 · In the spring of 1917, Moore and his unit, the 3rd Battalion of the predominantly black 24th United States Infantry had been dispatched to Houston to guard the construction site of a new camp...
Jan 24, 2007 · Reacting to the rumor and to racial discrimination, about 150 black troops marched for two hours through Houston. As local whites armed themselves, a violent confrontation ensued that claimed the lives of four black soldiers and fifteen local residents, and wounded a dozen others.
