Camp Logan Riots

HAPPY HUMP DAY P.O.U. HOUSTON RIOT OF 1917 Houston, TX    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 Regiment. It occupied most of one night, and resulted in the deaths of four soldiers and sixteen civilians. The rioting soldiers were tried at … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Race Riots in America