U.S. Army corrects miscarriage of justice in Jim Crow-era Texas
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2024
- In 1917, at an Army training camp in Houston where members of the all-Black 24th Infantry Regiment were stationed, a series of run-ins with white police and a false rumor that Black soldiers were about to be attacked set off a race riot. One-hundred-and-ten soldiers, all Black, were convicted; 19 were sentenced to death and hanged. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with families of the executed men, and with Army officials about its decision, more than a century later, to reverse all convictions and restore honor to the Black soldiers who suffered a miscarriage of justice.
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Black soldiers have always faced hatred in the country they served. This is one of many, many injustices.
TONS OF THEM!
Wrong.
😢😢😢
@@user-bs5cr1sd2ifoolishness...what war have blacks not fought since being on this soil? Learn real history and not fiction.
Ws rolled of his sister cousin child bride to post bs
You can run but you can’t hide from wrongdoing. SO much blood on this country’s hands.
Amen 🙏
Yeah say that again.
You should read a book on the illegal invasion of our land . . . the massacre, quasi genocide. . . .
🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
BIG FACTS!
That’s true for every country.
@@mikeyrose4183Mexicans have their own issues with land theft.
I’ve lived in Texas all my life and this was never taught in schools. No one should’ve been subjected to that kind of treatment with no proper legal representation. Shameful. 🤦🏻
My first time of ever hearing about this incident. My heart hurts
Sadly this is just one of thousands of stories about US history that non of us were taught in schools, because by NOT teaching something, you also teach people that some people are “less than human” and this is just one such case. The history we are taught in school here in this country only aims to solidify the narrative that “whites are better than any other group of people”, and if you think back on the history you are taught you will see this is the case.
This is truly the ugly side of SYSTEMIC RACISM IN OUR COUNTRY. Our history of our country, all of our history, of all of our builders must be taught to all our children.
And thanks to your governor, students in Texas will continue to never learn about this either.
@@tomace7924 RepubQtards do not allow for slavery to be mentioned at state parks . How embarrassing for Texas... 🐥
And this is why Black History Month is needed. I could live for 100 more Februarys,and not know all of our stories.
FR.. I'm about to be 40, a combat marine vet and this one made me fell bad. 😭
Sadly, everything I make an effort to learn about America, tells me it is founded on and survives on, cruel unjust behavior. The U.S.A. is a criminal state and always has been.
In 1973, My husband who was a private in the Army ASA 98 Signal Intelligence stationed in Ft. Jackson, came to visit me a private in the Army ASA 98 Signal Intelligence stationed at Ft. McClellan. We, a black couple in full uniform, went out to eat in a diner downtown Anniston, Alabama and was denied service for a long period of time. When we were finally served, we returned to our hotel and was suddenly stricken with severe food poisoning. Ft. McClellan, in Anniston was all female who weren't allowed to go into town together as blacks and whites. I grew up in East Tennessee and had not experienced such malicious behavior.
@@StayingNformed2Day horrifying.
Black history should be told all year around. Not dedicated to only one month.
If the Army is truly sorry then those families should get reparations.
Compensation is the only acceptable form of apology.
I totally agree bc it is a direct payment to the family and it is traceable...
An apology without financial reparations is not justice!
When a person gets convicted and sent to prison unjustly and then gets released. that person gets compensated. The same rules should apply to the families of these men. I agree, reparations is the only acceptable response to these tragedies.
@@jamesc.lockwood3810 In funds that would have applied in 1917 not now and divide it up among all living family members. Oh yeah, there are very few children of these people so you have to divide it up further amongst family members. Here is your $10, clowns.
Maybe if we taught students about the tragic parts of our history alongside our "highlight reel", future generations will strive to do better. Now THAT'S Patriotic.
This is why that history will not be taught and is being white washed so future generations can do the same evil and not feel ashamed
There are politicians who don't want schools to teach about black history at all. This totally makes my head spin, this is this country's history as ugly as it is. God bless these families for fighting to right a wrong. 😢
Now that's *Prophetic!*
Full context history is incompatible with the artificial [cult]ure of white supremacy.
Really reaching for them black votes
The 13 soldiers whom were executed:
Sgt. William C. Nesbitt
Corp. Larsen J. Brown
Corp. James Wheatley
Corp. Jesse Moore
Corp. Charles W. Baltimore
Pvt. William Brackenridge
Pvt. Thomas C. Hawkins
Pvt. Carlos Snodgrass
Pvt. Ira B. Davis
Pvt. James Divins
Pvt. Frank Johnson
Pvt. Rosley W. Young
Pvt. Pat MacWharter
Thank you.
Thank you.
Salute to them.
I appreciate you providing the names.
Such a sad chapter in American & Military History. So happy the wrong was acknowledged. Thank God for their committed family members. May they rest in peace.🙏
Maybe it’s why wilt Chamberlain wore #13?
ITs really hard to love this country. Its seriously feels like an abusive relationship.
If you haven't done so you should visit the Equal Justice Initiative's (EJI) Peace and Justice Museum and Memorial Park in Montgomery, AL. It will confirm your lamentation. However, it will also inspire you to keep fighting.
It is
This is our home. Our black ancestors earned that right for us. Love the country that is yours, but you don't have to love those in this country who hate you. In other words, don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
I “hear” you. I’m an “oldish” man (61) and, ironically, an Army combat veteran. I don’t think a day passes without me thinking about selling my house and catching a one way flight to get away from…the hypocrisy of this place.
It is. An abusive relationship with a narcissist
How can you correct wrongful executions and unlawful land confiscation?
This is so cruel.
It's like terror is a common experience in United States history.
This is what I’m trying to figure out, this is a wrong that can’t be righted. These men were murdered for nothing.
This is AmeriKKKa
Cannot correct but can acknowledge that the army was wrong for what ever that is worth..
@@carlreed6186 the army had the ability and common sense to acknowledge that they were wrong back in 1917, when they unalived these innocent black men. but due to their hatred towards the black man the army insisted on doing the wrong thing and did not care.
@@DJDionP💯🎯💯🎯
So this has never been a racist country, Nikki Haley ?
Thank you. Knew it weren't only me.
For people who are not black, they may feel that way because they've never experienced life from a black person's point of view, so in their experience, it's not a racist country.
@@bubblybubbles4023 I have a family member who lives in Georgia. He told me that racism only exists in "isolated incidents". He says he's talked to his black friends at work and Church and they didn't have anything to complain about. I live in a city that has seen more than its share of police brutality and deaths of Black people. I was so shocked I was speechless. Then I asked him if he really thought that his Black friends would tell him the truth? Pfffffttttt....he's clueless. It really changed my view of him.
@@bubblybubbles4023 But tbh only if you close your eyes to it. Black people have been educating others about racism for so long, its hard to believe someone cant see it but rather does not want to.
Right, the country that was built on racism....
I think the descendants should receive a full pension from these soldiers as though they served 20 years in the military.
My exact sentiments!
The only ones that suffered were the children of the soldiers. They are long dead. Tough luck.
Oh HELL NAH!
@@SP-qo3pd does that apply to whyte soldiers too? We both know you would not say that..
How many of those young men actually have descendants living today though? I'd bet most of them never had kids to begin with.
And yet despite this and other events of racism and discrimination Black Americans still volunteer to defend our nation....Our Black community here in America is so honorable and patriotic....God Bless them...And I thank them...
No other place was better...
Most affluent and influential black culture in the world with the help of other race Americans fighting for them.
Or maybe it's really just a crazy mystery.
..... 😮😮😮
Not smart to volunteer for army
@@MrSuperbluesky ya got no facts or data
@@MrSuperbluesky don’t tell the men in my family that. They’ve been in our military since the civil war. And I couldn’t be more proud of them.
@@tonisumblin2719 their high quality loyalties maybe misplaced. We have been lied to and sent to wars to fight for rich biased on lies most of the time.
Like I've said muptiple times. It wasnt just "slavery" that happened in this country. It was the multiple upon multiple systemic racism, murders, and generational robberies that has happened to black people for 100 years during the jim crow south era which started the great North migration. The banks, government and racist white people had a hand in what happened to my people. This is not to make anyone feel bad at all this is just to right a horrific wrong. Reperations is the RIGHT thing to do. And for my black folks I dont care what political side you are on but i employ you to look up you're family history. Especially during the jim crow era. We need our critical thinking skills. Malcolm X, Martin and all our other civil rights leaders would be shaken their heads right now at us seeing the amount of in fighting, hating and ignorance going on on in our communities today
Segregationist planning. They would look at wp side eyed before freeman. Segregationist younglings destroyed civility and humility in real-time.
What about the people who feel that the greater fight is by staying here in the South to change negative stigma about Black Representation? We all can't migrate to the North and respective Black disporas to praise our great ancestors. I think the larger voice and platform is in being right here, fighting the good fight of faith.
If the army is sorry then why are qualifying service members still rejected from army banks for home and business loans and accepted at other banks? They need to restore the benefits they were cheated for redlining.
Yes the recent Navy Federal Credit Union ordeal is horrible
Happened with Pen Fed recently to a black veteran
Facts!
They are only sorry in the spotlight.
@@classic-ck2nqThat's the truth. Segregationist has no shame.
This is as awful as the Tulsa massacre. Thank you for bringing it to light. God rest the souls of these murdered heroes❤❤
And this was just the tip of the iceberg. Countless Blk enclaves from over 50 years from the end of the 19th century, into the 20th. And these are just a handful… with most or all redacted from US History books. *Clinton, MS. Tulsa, OK. Detroit, MI. Washington DC. Elaine, AK. Vicksburg, MS. Atlanta, GA. E. St. Louis, MO. Eufaula, GA. Wilmington, NC. Rosewood, FL. Oscarville, GA.*
There are many more of these type of cases throughout the USA. I believe there is a town in George that was destroyed and the built a lake over it.
Lake Lanier
there's sooooo many more in many states not just but native, Mexican, asian... it's ridiculous...
@@runoz2839And they should tell their stories. We ain't stopping them, in fact we encourage them to tell all.
And what many don't realize or even care to realize is that there is more stories like this to be uncovered.
They've been uncovered.You just aren't aware.
Visit the Nat.Buffalo Soldier Museum, The Jack Yates Museum,Contact your local chapters of the 9th and 10th horse cavalry association.
Visit Allensworth the freedom colony in CA.
📚 list of Anthony Powell
This is old news for me. In fact, I haven't seen a ADOS story on TV that I am not aware of😊
There are 100's of new stories they can highlight.
But they can't highlight what they don't know!
The song Buffalo Soldier is such a misnomer!
The video is horrible!
1. They didn't wear dreads!
2.They didn't smoke "ganga"
3. They were given educational and spiritual guidance by the Black chaplains of the regiments.
4.They could play musical instruments.
5.They had wives and children who often lived with these men at these desolate outposts.
So true
As a fellow veteran, thank you to all these soldiers for their service and sacrifice. I can't even imagine serving in honor to be killed in disgrace by the institution I served.
What a Country we live in? Never taught this in school. May the Soldiers Rest in Peace. 🙏🏾
Unfortunately, you have to do research because they won't teach you anything but lies or hide the truth.
And may their accusers NEVER rest...
To these 13 gentlemen, thank you for your service.
This is why these awful people want history hidden
Truth in real-time. Plus their morally bankrupted people. Modern Germans have a better understanding of atonement, reconciliation, and repentance white Americans can ever have. Reparations heals inhumanity in real-time.Unapologetically
Taken out by the country you're serving is sick as hell. Executions have happened many times after this mass one. Those were done again by the very country being served. RIP to all the unjustly executed soldiers. Gone but never forgotten. 🕊❤
It's hard to put words together to express the feelings from this story. People of African descent have always serviced this country in the face of being treated with such disrespect and disdain. US prisoners of War during WWII being treated better than Black soldiers...There are many, many stories like this. These were young men in their twenties; they were human. There is more work to be done to right these wrongs. We must not try to hide and erase the history of this country! It is everyone's responsibility! America lost out of the contributions these men would have made to the country. Of course, it's never too late to do the right thing and the Army did the right thing. The Army also owes these families back pay etc. from these men. Please continue to tell these stories.
Freedman aka FBA. Everybody is African descent.
German prisoners noticed the disparity in treatment. My grandfather was in the army and stationed at a POW camp. More than once, he said, he was asked “Warum bist du hier?” Why are you here?
Please don't call them African decent, it's disrespectful, it's FBA/ ADOS decent
@@oldskoolj23 Thank you for the correction.
Talk about "too little...too late" for the 19 who where murdered. Pathetic government/military response.
of course some of yall will never be satisfied and still going to complain.
The "we're white and we say so" 😭 conviction 😢 . Rest easy , gentlemen- you served this country with honor and dignity 🙏and deserve to live in a paradise free of prejudice and hate .
Thank you for your service, gentlemen. 💜
PEACE
Always sorry 100 years later.
This hurts.
No one should ever be killed. Especially without a trial.
Even Palestinians.
There is no end to the evil that humans can do to eachother
At the end. No one held accountable. Just like our sheriffs,judges,politicians ect....
Truth in real-time.
Well all the people involved are probably dead now
Our country and our military can never make up for this atrocity in our history.
I grew up knowing this story, we cannot be afraid of looking at ourselves - good or bad. It's the only way we will ever heal this nation. People can't be afraid of the truth - it's not about making someone feel guilty or placing blame - it's about righting a wrong. God bless us all who've served and stand on the shoulders of these troopers.
Amen!
This nation is already at the point of no return and her sins have already reached heaven.
HOW ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!
Just when you think you've heard it all! ....all of the injustices committed against... an innocent people, all because of their skin color, you hear this story that just breaks my heart 😪
This is so incredibly sick and sad, my heart breaks for these families. I’m grateful they will get their proper recognition, but it should have NEVER happened in the first place! You’d think we would have evolved from these types of racist horrors, but still today, there is so much racist evil happening. 💔
Stop it, there is not any racial injustice happening today, yes im a white man myself learning a lot from our past racism, it makes me sick to hear about, it’s horrible, but it doesn’t happen in this day. I’m a military man myself, my best friend in the Marines is a black man, I love the guy as if he were my brother…. And always will
@@bobbertee5945 OK, according to you , the W man. Let others voice their own opinions, not yours since you don't have to deal with it.
@@bobbertee5945Do you mean in the armed forces, or in the US of A in general?
For anyone who hasn't seen it, there is a movie from a few years ago about this incident called The 24th.
This is so disgusting as an american and very sad. I cant believe the army did this.
I don't know why u cant
Search the internet for ---> Jim Crow-era Texas 1917
@@patricialeonard2748I think its so hard to beleive is because how diffrent things are now, is there still racism? Absolutly but leauges better now.
@@Deltasquadformingup
Progress? “You don’t stick a knife in me 12inches…..draw it out 9inches & call it progress”!…………….Malcolm X
@@morrisparrish76 And. When was Malcom X alive? Yeah looks like he passed away in 1965. I could also say "We shall fight on the beaches and in the streets"(Winston Churchill shortend quote) But that wouldn't be very accruate either as Britian isn't getting invaded by the Axis
the Art of the Empty Apology.
it's never really possible to apologize for something another person did.
@@nutwatch1854 Nations and Institutions do it all the time.
i went down to Fort Sam Houston for tech school for Medical Logistics in the Air Force and i remember goin around Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery and the golf course behind the fort and it hits me so hard that i stepped in historical grounds!
Why didn't you showcase the film 24th by Trai Byers, a black filmmaker, that came out in 2020 and told the story of these men? This seems an abject failure to lift up a piece of art masterfully done by a black filmmaker to tell the story of these brave and unjustly murdered men.
Where can it be viewed
I thought exactly the same. It’s a very good movie.
@@sharinaross1865 It's on Prime, if you have a subscription. It's called "The 24th".
It was a very good movie, heartbreaking to watch but this is our history.
Create a link and share the movie here ….. don’t always depend on the mainstream media to do the right thing. Didn’t even know movie exist.
It’s now 2024 and sadly & unfortunately discrimination continues. 😢Another sad story that should have never happened.This story is beyond cruel.
"We're Sorry" is NOT a "correction".
Not even close.
Well what should they do?
We will never forget, justice will be done!
Pure evil
Every time I learn of this type of injustice I think this has to be the worst thing ever, then I learn of another even worse story. I'm glad this story has been told so that we can learn from our mistakes and try to correct the injustices these men faced.
Where are the kin folk of the perpetrators? I wanna see what they look like.
David Martin is a great reporter. This story is heart wrenching. No human being should be treated like this. It is an awful world we live in.
Born n raised in Texas for the first 19 years of my life. I saw the strong racism against the minority community.even though I been away for 55 years it still hurts, when I think about it.
Wow! Goosebumps and tears at the same time. I have read many stories of this horrific tragedy but had never heard of their tombstones being incomplete with information about their service. So thankful that this has been corrected eventually after 107 years. Rest in Peace.
As a veteran of some of the Army’s most elite units, and a black American, my heart hurts.
From Houston, served in the Army and only heard about this tragedy about 2 years ago. I work across the street from where these men lived those days. Makes you think about how many other events like this took place and we never hear about it until some family member steps forward. At least these men have some honor given back to them.
There dead...they were executed for something they didn't do...there is no honor in that.
During WW1 Colonel J.Linard head of the Expeditionary Forces sent a covert memo entitled "Secret lnformation Concerning Black American Troops" to French military command saying that the way the French military and civilians were treating black US troops stationed in France with respect and dignity and like equals was very upsetting to and hurting the morale of white US troops and requested that French authorities and civilians treat the black US troops Jim Crow style with segregation, non fraternisation and non miscegenation etc like they would experience back at home.
This request was generally ignored by the French military and civilians. The French military was grateful for the manpower and praised the discipline, fighting spirit and effectiveness of the black troops, and the civilians praised their good manners, friendliness and generosity. The French awarded them medals including their highest, with blacks being the first American troops to be awarded.
A common joke among the French went like "so good of the Yanks to come help us but did they really have to bring those white boys with them".
The US army even tried the same thing when blacks were stationed in the UK during WW2.
On a side note: the French fielded Europe's first all black manned and led regiment, and had black officers up to General commanding white troops more than a century before the first black US General.
So you probably don’t know about the TSU riots either?
Like you, I doubt if they do. I'm from Houston too.@@jaisonlives
I'm from Houston. I knew about this in the late 70's. It is there if you look. But people don't look.
THOSE MEN WERE GIANTS HEROES 💪🏾
Thank you CBS Sunday morning for sharing,, It went from 13 to 19 to 63 to 100+
Had I known this I would have NEVER joined the Army. This is beyond awful 😡
Thank your for your service. What happened to those innocent men is truly awful, but at least the army and the US government made what amends they could and now the story is being recognized.
@moonrunrs what amends? They didn't do nothing.
@@moonrunrs Over 100 years later? To much, to little, to late.
I sincerely thank you for your service. Just remember you were serving and protecting fellow Americans & bc of you we were able to lay our heads down at night with peace of mind. For that we are forever grateful!!!!
Hopefully you’ll find some way to reconcile and make peace with your decision. I joined to get everything that was denied to my grandfather, his six brothers that volunteered after he was drafted, and his father that served before him.
I could’ve avoided the military altogether, and still found the same success but it was personal for me.
And what happens to the lost of generational wealth ?
Nothing is ever mention about that.
What a captivating Story...bravo to these soilders decendents.
It is American History and it deserves to be told. This is what disantis and his ilk want to suppress and forget. Never goona happen fella! May God continue to smile on the honorable warriors who were men to the last.
Man when taps starts to play thats it.
This is disgusting. Symbolic at best. Where are the financial reparations to the families.
And Texas is going back to that time
FACT!
How is that?
@@deana8202
Bounties on women who're pregnant.besides more
Someone read Al Sharptons book on “how to claim victim hood 101”
BS!
The only thing these strong men were guilty of was fighting back while being attacked and being black. I am grateful the government is at least doing something to put it right.
May justice continue to be revealed🙏🏽
This is America. Now and forever.
Never ever heard this. Thank you for sharing. Tears are flowing as I muse about these lives that served but we're denied. How the books in heaven record with terrible accuracy the movements of man.
Every single deed and thought behind it has been documented in accurate detail. America has hell to pay.
So sad😣 I glad this family didn't give up.🌹
After serving 20 plus years I'm truly feeling more betrayal in this organization 😢. Saying sorry and erecting new head stones will never be enough. These men died because of wickedness and their legacy's will be forever castrated.
A lot of folks who don’t quite relate with the African American experience don’t understand how furious stories like this make many of us. Miscarriage of justice indeed; but many simply want to be shielded from the realities of the past instead of being confronted with them because it brings up shame (rightly so). So they ignore it. Others double down on their inability to demonstrate empathy with questions of “why does everything have to be about race and social justice? Why even bring up the past?”
Well… are we to celebrate past events that astound us, yet not mourn over and/or make right past events that anger us? Shame us?
Say their names. This is horrible.
There names are there and you can read it
Sgt. William C. Nesbitt
Corp. Larsen J. Brown
Corp. James Wheatley
Corp. Jesse Moore
Corp. Charles W. Baltimore
Pvt. William Brackenridge
Pvt. Thomas C. Hawkins
Pvt. Carlos Snodgrass
Pvt. Ira B. Davis
Pvt. James Divins
Pvt. Frank Johnson
Pvt. Rosley W. Young
Pvt. Pat MacWharter
Their names have been vandalized by black youths. Look up what happend to the memorial dedicated to those troops.
You are all heroes. RIP. Thank you for your service. May your families find peace.
When the family member said she was told the Army killed her great uncle, I thought she misspoke until I finished watching the rest of the video. How does reversing the convictions restore the honor of men who was murdered? Doesn't seem like that goes far enough. Reversing the convictions is just legally correct but how do you try to make the families whole? This country has been evil for so long and it'll only be a matter of time before Greg Abbott makes sure this is never taught in TX schools.
This is American history
A DAMN SHAME ON AMERICA!
Thank you for sharing this sad part of our history and to those who did not rest until recognition and amendments were made. Prayers for the families affected by this injustice. I thank the victims for their bravery and service.
This is what truth being exposed by the light, looks like. So very painful but necessary 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Shamefull
Imagine how many of us had no clue about this, and possibly would have never served. I was born and raised in Houston, served in Ft. Sam Houston, and never knew. I have been out of the Army for going on 17 years now. So many of us were wronged, I am surprised that people still believe that there is no racism in the military 🪖🤬
What a sad and shocking story. 🥀
Sad but not shocking my friend.
Thank you, to these brave Black men (soldiers). I learned of your stories, before. I know how great you all were. And are. RIP.
You can never right the wrong that your people did.
In a very real way, these Black Men gave their lives to make this a better country.
They didn't "give" their lives. Their lives were stolen.
HOW? They never came home, never enjoyed their families, or had the opportunity to make a family. Could not enjoy their friends, go to the movies or any other aspect of life, after going to fight for this country. A country that hated them.
Tired of me and mine giving our lives for a country that doesn't care about us.
Tired of the travesties being buried "to make this a better" country.
By taking the lives of 16 innocent American citizens? I don't think so. Must've been terrifying for those American civilians who saw the US Army marching on them and then attack...
Red Summer happened nearly two years afterwards, so no it was a prequel.
What a wonderful neice. So happy for the story and happy that the army is trying to make it right. Still doesnt bring them back though.
I 🙏🏾 they revisit the Lee St. massacre mass grave in Alexandria Louisiana 💔 Those poor soldiers deserve justice also ⚖️
Thats crazy u mention this. I been to FT. Polk twice and both times I felt this sad sad energy there.......I thought it was just racial injustice and slavery........now I'm not surprised. I'm gonna look this up
The 24th infantry soldiers were hero’s put in a no win situation. I feel like a lot of truth is often left out when this story is told.
The extreme WICKEDNESS of this country is endless.................there is no boundary of evil that they have not done!
That was powerful
Nikki Haley said this has never been a racist country
Thanks you for reporting this. I was aware of the incident. But this small redemption made this old man cry in solitude as I hope everyday for our nation to realize we are one people .
It's absolute evil.
I served my country with dignity and honor and as a black man this breaks my heart. We were never told of this atrocity and it should be brought to light in CRT teachings everywhere!😪😪
Why so you could be encouraged to either quit or rebel? Did you not get equal pay in the military?
Unless you're got into law school and volunteer to choose a course about CRT, you're not taught CRT.
This is American history that is being stifled and white washed
Nope so we could all know the truth, I got equal pay but not equal opportunity, I experience Racism from not only white NCO's and officers but also Black NCO's because one hated my White NCO. By Knowing the truth it makes us fight harder for freedom for all. @@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb
This is the very truth that they don’t want taught in schools. For shame.
And people say black Americans should stand for the national anthem,but they ignore that what 100 years of injustices feels like.
This is why I get so upset when they tell black people to just " get over it"!!!
Although I appreciate that this horrible story is told and that a successful effort was made to restore the reputations of the soldiers unjustly convicted and executed , I am appalled by America's injustice and inhumanity.
About 75 of them were sentenced to life
I don't know why people are surprised. This is when America was great. Now some want to make America Great Again.😮
Re-read your comment slowly 😂
Perfectly said
Your title is VERY wrong as this doesn’t come close to correcting the miscarriage of justice. It is something long overdue. But without going back in time to stop the execution the miscarriage is a forever fact.
A deeply shameful chapter in the history of my great Republic.
You should have said “another”!
Nothing great about this country except the Judgement it has heaped up upon itself.
As a combat veteran and the son of a combat veteran I am often ashamed of the history of this formerly great nation.
I will morn for you today and am sorry for this great injustice.
I salute your service.
May god be holding you in the warm embrace of his palm.
During WW1 Colonel J.Linard head of the Expeditionary Forces sent a covert memo entitled "Secret lnformation Concerning Black American Troops" to French military command saying that the way the French military and civilians were treating black US troops stationed in France with respect and dignity and like equals was very upsetting to and hurting the morale of white US troops and requested that French authorities and civilians treat the black US troops Jim Crow style with segregation, non fraternisation and non miscegenation etc like they would experience back at home.
This request was generally ignored by the French military and civilians. The French military was grateful for the manpower and praised the discipline, fighting spirit and effectiveness of the black troops, and the civilians praised their good manners, friendliness and generosity. The French awarded them medals including their highest, with blacks being the first American troops to be awarded.
A common joke among the French went like "so good of the Yanks to come help us but did they really have to bring those white boys with them".
The US army even tried the same thing when blacks were stationed in the UK during WW2.
On a side note: the French fielded Europe's first all black manned and led regiment, and had black officers up to General commanding white troops more than a century before the first black US General.
Hatred felt even till this day.
Why is sharing this story in school not okay? History shouldn't be isolated
It’s not a good look for history.
We Will Never FORGET, and they still feel the same. Thanks for this man, and this court.
This is the history that they don't want taught
Um. It's being taught now 😂 on a national television program on a Sunday morning.