More than 100 years after they were convicted of mutiny and murder and hanged for the 1917 Houston Riot, 17 Black soldiers have finally received military burial honors along with new headstone.
Recent changes to memorials, base names and service records suggest the Army has been swept up in a broader agenda to right perceived historical wrongs.
The U.S. Army may not have set out to rewrite its history of race relations, but recent changes to memorials, base names and service records suggest it has been swept up in a broader agenda to right perceived historical wrongs, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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The soldiers were convicted after a brawl broke out when they marched into the city after learning that a white police officer had pistol-whipped and killed a Black corporal.
The conviction of 110 Black soldiers charged more than a century ago for mutiny, murder and assault in the 1917 Houston Riot has been overturned, the Army announced.
Of the 110 Black soldiers that were convicted,19 of whom were executed after being found guilty of murder, mutiny, and assault following a riot in Houston.
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