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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 15...
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...
In November 2023, the Army set aside all 110 convictions. 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.
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
Dec 11, 2017 · During the three courts martial that followed the riot—the first trial of sixty-four men proving the largest in US military history—a total of 118 enlisted black soldiers were indicted, with 110 found guilty, nineteen hung, and sixty-three receiving life sentences.
Aug 24, 2017 · Jesse Moore was one of 63 black soldiers tried in the first of three courts-martial following what is today known either as the Houston mutiny or riot of 1917. In total, 118 soldiers were charged in the wake of the August 23 riot that left 20 dead, more injured.
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 training...
