Houston riot of 1917
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title:
Houston riot of 1917
text:
The Houston race riot of 1917, also known as the Camp Logan Mutiny, 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 Department (HPD) against members of the local black community and black soldiers stationed at Camp Logan. Following an incident where police officers arrested and
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Riot in response to a police assault of black soldiers
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_riot_of_1917
date created:
2006-02-24T21:32:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T07:02:17Z
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