Army grants clemency to 110 Black soldiers, including 19 hanged at Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio Express News | Sig Christenson
Nineteen soldiers from an all-Black infantry regiment were hanged at Fort Sam Houston for their role in the 1917 Houston Riot, which left 18 dead.
In all, 110 African American soldiers were convicted of mutiny and other crimes tied to the eruption of violence.
However, the case against them was anything but clear-cut. It largely ignored the racist pressure cooker the regiment had been living in before the riot, and their fear that a white mob attack was imminent the night they rioted.