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Mutiny of Rage - The 1917 Camp Logan Riots and Buffalo Soldiers in Houston (Hardcover)
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Mutiny of Rage - The 1917 Camp Logan Riots and Buffalo Soldiers in Houston (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 4 960
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Salado Creek, Texas, 1918: Thirteen black men stood at attention in
front of gallows erected specifically for their hanging. They had
been convicted of participating in one of America's most infamous
black uprisings, the Camp Logan Mutiny, otherwise known as the 1917
Houston Riots. The mutiny and ensuing riots were carried out by 156
soldiers of the Third Battalion of the all-black 24th US Infantry
Regiment-a unit of the famed Buffalo Soldiers -after members of the
Houston Police Department violently menaced the black soldiers and
members of the local black community. It all took place over a
single night. After a rumor that a corporal had been shot and
killed by the police reached Camp Logan, soldiers immediately made
plans to march on Houston and attack the police force. The first
police casualties occurred when a group of six officers stumbled
upon the entire column of soldiers. After discovering that one of
the men they killed was a captain with the Illinois National guard,
the seriousness of the mutiny hit home. Houston was placed under
martial law, and by morning all of the soldiers were eventually
disarmed or surrendered their weapons. In the wake of those riots,
eleven civilians, five policemen, and four soldiers lay dead. This
incident is one of Houston's most complicated and
often-misrepresented historical events. It shook race relations in
the city and created conditions that sparked a nationwide surge of
wartime racial activism. In the aftermath of the carnage, what was
considered the trial of the century at that time ensued. The trial
resulted in the hanging of thirteen black men, eliciting memories
of slave rebellions. But was justice served? New evidence and
access to historical archives indicate that the courts-martial were
rushed in an attempt to placate an angered white population as well
as military brass. Mutiny of Rage serves to not only retell an
accurate story of the event, but to set the legal record straight
on what really happened.
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