The men who were jailed, tried and hanged at Fort Sam have never had their names cleared.
Pastor Kyev Tatum Sr. of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth led the group of nearly three dozen people in a “circle for clemency” prayer for 19 Black soldiers who were hanged here, 13 of them 105 years ago Sunday.
Pastor Kyev Tatum Sr. of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth prays during the 5th Anniversary of Remembering the Souls at Hangman's Grove held Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.A petition seeking clemency for the 110 African American soldiers convicted of mutiny and other crimes was sent to the Army Board for Correction of Military Records.
But Tatum and others also are pursuing another course, pressing President Joe Biden to issue a blanket pardon for the men convicted in the 1917 mutiny, also known as the Houston Riot.
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