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Trial started November 1, 1917, Fort Sam Houston. The Houston race riot of 1917, also known as the Camp Logan Mutiny, [1][2] 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. The incident occurred within a climate of overt racist ...
The Houston Riot of 1917 was a mutiny by 156 black soldiers of the 24th Infantry; [4] it has been called the Camp Logan Riots. Sergeant Vida Henry of I Company, 3rd Battalion led about 150 black soldiers in a two-hour march on Houston because they had suffered racial discrimination in the city. The soldiers were met by local policemen and a ...
Lynching of African-American veterans after World War I. Soldiers of the 369th (15th N.Y.) who won the Croix de guerre for gallantry in action, 1919. Colonel Hayward's "Hell Fighters" in parade. Black veteran L. B. Reed was suspected of having a relationship with a white woman and hanged over the Sunflower River Bridge, Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Coordinates: 29.7360°N 95.3781°W. Buffalo Soldiers National Museum. Entrance in the rear of the Houston Light Guard building. Inside. The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, located in Houston, Texas, is a museum dedicated to the history and achievements of Buffalo Soldiers and African American soldiers from all of the branches of the United ...
2. African Americans Irving " Ervie " Arthur (1903–1920) and his brother Herman Arthur (1892–1920), a World War I veteran, were lynched —burned alive—at the Lamar County Fairgrounds in Paris, Texas, on July 6, 1920. The event extended and amplified regional and national flashpoints for justice.[1][2] It happened just a year after the ...
August 21, 2020. (2020-08-21) Country. United States. Language. English. The 24th is an American historical drama film co-written and directed by Kevin Willmott. The film stars Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King, Mo McRae, Tosin Morohunfola, Mykelti Williamson, and Thomas Haden Church. It generally tells a story of the Houston riot ...
333rd Field Artillery Battalion African-Americans captured during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944. 12th Armored Division soldier with German prisoners of war, April 1945. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American pilots in United States military history; they flew with distinction during World War II.
Map of Buffalo Bayou area - Camp Logan Riots (circa 1917) Camp Logan was a World War I –era army training camp in Houston, Texas, named after U.S. Senator and Civil War General John A. Logan. [1] The site of the camp is now primarily occupied by Memorial Park where it borders the Crestwood neighborhood, near Memorial Elementary School.