US Army overturns convictions of 110 Black soldiers charged in 1917 Houston riot wsbtv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wsbtv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A century after more than 100 Black soldiers were court-martialed and 19 executed following a racially motivated riot in Houston in the midst of World War I, the Army acknowledged Monday that the troops were the victims of a legal system that was stacked against them.
In a ceremony at the Buffalo Soldier Museum in Houston, Army officials said that historians found many "irregularities" in the way the charges were leveled.
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