cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8202065
“More than a century has passed since 110 Black soldiers stationed at Camp Logan were convicted of mutiny, murder, and assault in the 1917 Houston Riot, with 19 of them executed at Fort Sam Houston. Now those convictions have been overturned.”
“It can’t bring them back, but it gives them peace,” said Angela Holder, whose great-uncle, Cpl. Jesse Moore, was one of the executed soldiers. “Their souls are at peace.”
Archive link: https://archive.is/JEtyF#selection-1009.0-1023.171
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The provided website was buggy as could be for me.
Here is a MSN article with a lot more information.
