U.S. Army sets aside the convictions of Black soldiers from 1917 Houston Riots | Houston Public...

The U.S. Army officially set aside the convictions of 110 Black soldiers at the Buffalo Soldiers Museum near Midtown.

The soldiers were previously convicted for participating in the 1917 Houston Riots.

"The United States had just entered the First World War. And Houston, Texas was governed by racist Jim Crow laws," Brigadier General Ronald D. Sullivan said.

The Brigadier General said the names of the soldiers who were convicted and a bell rang after each name in their honor during the event. The 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment was an all-Black Buffalo Soldier Regiment, according to the U.S. Army. Sullivan said they were assigned to guard the construction site that would become Camp Logan.