Group seeks clemency for 110 Black soldiers convicted in 1917 Houston riot

Largest murder trial in US history saw 19 men hanged after race-driven violence at Camp Logan army base

A group of attorneys and advocates have pledged to seek clemency for 110 Black soldiers who were convicted in a mutiny and riots at a military camp in Houston in 1917.

The South Texas College of Law Houston and the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) have signed an agreement to continue fighting for clemency for the soldiers of the all-Black Third Battalion of the US Army's 24th Infantry Regiment, the Houston Chronicle reported.