A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us - Progressive.org

A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us - Progressive.org: 100 years after one of the least-known and saddest chapters in American history, families of executed black soldiers have petitioned Trump for justice. Sixty-three black soldiers were represented by one lawyer in the largest court martial in U.S. history, the first of three that followed the Houston riot of 1917. In total, 110 men out of 118 were found guilty, and nineteen were sentenced to death by hanging.