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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 23. August 1917 / Timeline August 23, 1917
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Houston Riot of 1917
The Houston Riot of 1917, or Camp Logan Riot, was a mutiny by 156
African American soldiers of the Third Battalion of the all-black
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry. It occupied most of one
night, and resulted in the deaths of four soldiers and sixteen
civilians. The rioting soldiers were tried at three courts-martial.
A total of nineteen would be executed, and forty-one were given
life sentences.
The Camp Logan riot began the evening of August 23, when 156 angry
soldiers ignored their officers' orders, stole weapons from the
camp depot and marched on the city of Houston. They were met
outside the city by the police and a crowd of armed citizens,
frightened by the reports of a mutiny. A virtual race riot began,
which left 20 people dead - four soldiers, four policemen, and 12
civilians. Order was restored the next day, and the War Department
disarmed the soldiers. The Third Battalion was sent by rail back to
New Mexico.
Robert V. Haynes, "HOUSTON RIOT OF 1917," Handbook of Texas
Online
(http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jch04),
accessed August 23, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical
Association.
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