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The Houston race riot of 1917, also known as the Camp Logan Mutiny, [1][2] was a mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers from the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, taking place on August 23, 1917, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred within a climate of overt racist hostility from members of the all-white Houston Police ...
The Houston Riot of 1917 was a mutiny by 156 black soldiers of the 24th Infantry; [4] it has been called the Camp Logan Riots. Sergeant Vida Henry of I Company, 3rd Battalion led about 150 black soldiers in a two-hour march on Houston because they had suffered racial discrimination in the city. The soldiers were met by local policemen and a ...
The 24th is based on the true story of the Houston riot of 1917. The film features an African American (A.K.A. Buffalo Soldiers) military unit, the 24th Infantry Regiment in Houston, Texas. Despite their military service, the African American soldiers are subjected to racial discrimination by the all-white police force in Houston as well as ...
Trai Byers of "Empire" gives a strong performance as a soldier in 1917 Houston in a movie that feels too safe, given the urgency of its subject matter.
The 24th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army that was inactivated in October 1996. Formed during World War II from the disbanding Hawaiian Division, the division saw action throughout the Pacific theater, first fighting in New Guinea before landing on the Philippine islands of Leyte and Luzon, driving Japanese forces from them.
Lynching of African-American veterans after World War I. Soldiers of the 369th (15th N.Y.) who won the Croix de guerre for gallantry in action, 1919. Colonel Hayward's "Hell Fighters" in parade. Black veteran L. B. Reed was suspected of having a relationship with a white woman and hanged over the Sunflower River Bridge, Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Taro leaf insignia of the 24th Infantry Division. This is a list of commanders of the 24th Infantry Division of the United States Army, which was activated in 1941. [1] It was inactive from 1957 to 1958, 1970 to 1975, 1996 to 1999, and since 2006. [1] The 24th Division's antecedents were known as the Hawaiian Division, which existed from 1921 ...
Leon Aaron Gilbert, Jr. (November 9, 1920 – March 28, 1999), of York, Pennsylvania was a decorated World War II combat veteran and a lieutenant in the all-black 24th U. S. Infantry Regiment that fought in the Korean War. His court-martial for refusing to obey an order from the regiment's white commanding officer led to worldwide protests and ...