SAN ANTONIO — In 1917 ... false rumor the solders were going to be attacked set off a race riot. 13 Black soldiers convicted of mutiny and murder were killed. It was the largest mass execution ...

The program will move across the street to Fort Concho’s Barracks 1 Visitor Center for a book signing by San Antonio author Jim Matthews, who has written a new book on the buffalo soldier unit.

A project of the San Angelo NAACP, the memorial was dedicated on July 28, 2023 – National Buffalo Soldiers Day. Organizers of the project say it is the only memorial in Texas dedicated to the ...

I am sentenced to be hanged for the trouble that happened in Houston, Texas ... 13 Buffalo Soldiers were marched to the gallows in a military camp near Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — In 1866 African Americans were allowed to enlist in the U.S. Army for the first time. Those African American Soldiers were eventually nicknamed the Buffalo Soldiers.

But he had to wait until his job brought him back to Houston in 1997, after living in San Antonio ... Texas and Mexico. It was a tense and dangerous area after the Civil War, and the Buffalo ...

FORT DAVIS, Texas — As many celebrate Black History Month during February, there is much to dive into. Going back to the 19th Century, just after the Civil War, the “Buffalo Soldiers” were ...