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Pardons urged for soldiers hanged in 1917 race riot
Houston author Priscilla Graham and actor James McEachin push for pardons for 118 Buffalo Soldiers from the Camp Logan mutiny after a 1917 race riot in Houston. They argue arrests and trials were tainted by Jim Crow bias and lack of proper investigations.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Houston
Priscilla Graham
Graham
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
White House
James McEachin
McKachin
Kyev Tatum
New Mount Rose Baptist Church
Washington, D.C
McEachin
24Th Infantry Regiment
Buffalo Soldiers
Tye
McKeachin
Camp Logan
United States
Maj
Harry S. Grier
U.S. Military Academy
Grier
U.S. Army
Woodrow Wilson
Buffalo
Philippines
Cuba
Fourth Ward
Lee Sparks
Rufus Daniels
Alonzo Edwards
24Th Infantry
Edwards
Cpl
Charles Baltimore
Baltimore