Book
Mutiny of rage : the 1917 Camp Logan Riots and Buffalo Soldiers in Houston
Publication Information
Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2021]
Physical Description
x, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"A detailed and gripping account of the 1917 Camp Logan riots, which left eleven civilians, five policemen, and four soldiers dead and created conditions that sparked a nationwide surge of wartime racial activism. The resulting trial was considered the trial of the century at the time, and resulted in the hanging of thirteen black soldiers"--
Contents
- Gallows and Unmarked Graves
- Buffalo Soldiers
- The White Magnolia
- East Texas Storm Clouds
- Gomorrah
- Viva La Muerte
- After the Flood
- Inquisition
- The Trial
- Atonement.
Subjects
- Houston Race Riot, Houston, Tex., 1917.
- African American soldiers > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century.
- Discrimination in the military > United States > History > 20th century.
- World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American.
- Camp Logan (Tex.) > History.
- Houston (Tex.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
- United States. Army. Infantry, 24th. Battalion, 3rd > History.
- United States. Army > African American troops > History > 20th century.