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"More than a century has passed since 110 Black soldiers stationed at Camp Logan were convicted of mutiny, murder, and assault in the 1917 Houston Riot, with 19 of them executed at Fort Sam Houston. Now those convictions have been overturned."

"It can't bring them back, but it gives them peace," said Angela Holder, whose great-uncle, Cpl. Jesse Moore, was one of the executed soldiers. "Their souls are at peace."

Archive link: https://archive.is/JEtyF#selection-1009.0-1023.171

> https://archive.is/weGAB#selection-2603.0-2603.69 > > Five Texas families with transgender children are suing the state over its ban on transition care for minors that’s set to go into effect this fall. > > The lawsuit, filed Thursday in state district court in Travis County, alleges the ban violates the Texas Constitution by allowing for discrimination against a particular group based on their sex and transgender identity.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1387388

> https://archive.is/ZZcga#selection-261.0-261.102 > > Volunteers giving out free meals with the organization Food Not Bombs have wracked up 40 tickets seeking more than $10,000 in fines since March 1, four weeks before visitors began pouring into downtown for the Final Four. > > The Houston law they were charged with violating — an ordinance against giving away meals unless you have permission from the property where you’re doing it, even if the property is public — was put in place by City Council in 2012 but largely had gone unenforced for over a decade, municipal records show.