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☆ A century later, US Army overturns convictions of 110 Black soldiers
  + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Daniel Trotta | Thomson Reuters | Daniel Trotta Is A U.S. National Affairs Correspondent | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The Army convictions arose out of the Houston Riots of Aug. 23, 1917, an outbreak of violence that followed months of racist taunts against Black soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment. On that day Black soldiers guarding a military property were subjected to racist slurs and physical attacks, the Army said. About 100 fellow Black soldiers came to their aid and marched into the city, where ensuing violence killed 19 people, the Army said. Army courts-martial eventually convicted 110 Black soldiers, including 19 who received the death penalty, in a process that historians determined contained "numerous irregularities," the Army said. The mass execution of 19 soldiers was the largest carried out by the Army of American soldiers in history, the Army said.
Persons: Andreas Gebert, Christine Wormuth, Black, Daniel Trotta, Gerry Doyle Organizations: U.S, 56th Artillery Command, NATO, REUTERS, U.S . Army, The Army, for, Military Records, Army, Supreme, Houston, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, Buffalo Soldiers, South Texas College of Law, Thomson Locations: Grafenwoehr, Germany, America
☆ Army Overturns Convictions of Black Soldiers Charged With Mutiny in 1917 Houston Riot
  + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Ginger Adams Otis | Ben Kesling | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The court-martial of 64 members of the 24th Infantry Regiment, following a 1917 riot in Texas. Photo: War Department/Buyenlarge/Getty ImagesThe U.S. Army has overturned the convictions of 110 Black soldiers charged over a century ago with mutiny, murder and assault in a Texas riot. Nineteen of the Black Army soldiers convicted were sentenced to death and executed following the riot in 1917, when members of the 24th Infantry Regiment clashed with police and white residents of heavily segregated Houston. Most of the other soldiers received life sentences.
Organizations: 24th Infantry Regiment, U.S . Army, Black Army, 24th Infantry Locations: Texas, Houston
☆ Army Overturns Convictions of 110 Black Soldiers Charged in 1917 Riot
  + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Michael Levenson | More About Michael Levenson | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
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. On Monday, more than a century later, the Army said it had formally overturned their convictions and those of 97 other Black soldiers who were found guilty of crimes associated with the riot. The Army acknowledged that the 110 soldiers, 19 of whom were executed, had been convicted in military trials that were tainted by racial discrimination. The soldiers were members of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, an all-Black unit known as the Buffalo Soldiers. The Army said their records would be corrected, to the extent possible, to characterize their military service as “honorable.” They will be given proper gravestones acknowledging their Army service, and their descendants will be made eligible for benefits, officials said.
Persons: Thomas C, Hawkins, ”, Hawkins’s, Jason Holt, Holt, Private Hawkins, “ It’s Organizations: Army, 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, Buffalo Soldiers Locations: Houston
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