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U.S. Army officials say they will overturn the convictions of 110 Black soldiers for a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago in a trial that had racial undertones. This comes after attorneys and advocates filed clemency petitions on behalf of the soldiers.
In 1917, the Buffalo Soldiers, an all-Black Third Battalion in the U.S. Army U.S. Army's 24th Infantry Regiment, marched into Houston, where clashes erupted after racial provocations. Approximately 110 soldiers were later found guilty in the largest murder trial in U.S. history.
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