A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us

[SummerSnow]

by James Jeffrey

December 8, 2017

Sixty-three black soldiers were represented by one lawyer in the largest court martial in U.S. history, the first of three that followed the Houston riot of 1917. In total, 110 men out of 118 were found guilty, and nineteen were sentenced to death by hanging.



http://progressive.org/dispatches/a-century-later-a-little-known-mass-hanging-of-black-soldier/

* This is a must read

[raven mad]

1. Many years ago, during "Black History Month" -

my daughter was tasked by teachers to write an essay. In Alabama, that was Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, etc. We had our first computer at the time, and she wanted to be "different".

She found an article about this. We went to the library (yeah, books!) and looked it up. Her essay turned out to be 23 pages single-spaced. I no longer have a copy, but if I did, I scan and paste it here.

She has said, many times since then, "I didn't really understand" until she did her research. Thank you for reminding me of a wonderful memory!

[SummerSnow]

2. Youre very welcome raven mad.I found this to be very informative and interesting

I even shared it with my children. It just boggles my mind that there is so much stuff in history we don't know that is kept in secret, or forgotten.

[raven mad]

3. Forgotten because it wasn't "white" history.

It reminds me when history didn't count unless the church(es) approved! Galileo, you rocked!

[LeftInTX]

4. This was on the front page of our local paper

In memory of the 100 year anniversary.

[Demtexan]

5. The Camp Logan army base was turned into a huge park.

I live close to the park.

The neighborhood around the park is called Camp Logan.

I heard about this from older neighbors when I was kid.

[denbot]

6. Bookmarking n/t

[ecstatic]

7. K&R. nt

[burrowowl]

8. In memorium

[dalton99a]

9. Kick