'A quest for justice': NAACP, South Texas College of Law fight for clemency for soldiers involved in 1917 Camp Logan riots
HOUSTON — One of Houston's most beloved spaces was also home to one of the city's darkest chapters. You know it as Memorial Park, but in 1917, it ...
HOUSTON — One of Houston's most beloved spaces was also home to one of the city's darkest chapters. You know it as Memorial Park, but in 1917, it was Camp Logan, a training camp for World War I soldiers. "People walk or jog through the park today not knowing the untold history of Camp Logan took place," said Bishop James Dixon, president of the Houston Chapter of the NAACP. The all Black 24th Infantry unit was tasked with guarding construction at Camp Logan. These decorated soldiers arrived in Houston, a city ripe with racial tension and discrimination.