An explanation of the mutiny and riot by the 24th All Black Infantry in Houston in 1917.
Houston Riot of 1917 occurred on 23 August 1917. It was a mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the all-black 24th United States Infantry Regiment. The riot occurred after members of the Houston Police Department harassed members of the local black community and the black soldiers who attempted to intervene were also violently accosted. The black soldiers mutinied and marched on Houston, shooting and killing numerous people.
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