History matters. This is the first episode in what might become a quarterly series, highlighting little known, but fascinating micro histories that you might be surprised to find when you start looking into the history of the world your ancestors inhabited. In this episode, 167 men get punished for a murder. How'd that happen?

Map of Fort Brown

Map of Brownsville

University of North - The Texas Portal to Texas History:  https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/BRAF/

Amazon.com - Brownsville Texas Incident of 1906: The True and Tragic Story of a Black Battalion's Wrongful Disgrace and Ultimate Redemption, By William Baker: https://a.co/d/67dNJdT

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