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Brownsville shootings in Texas spark the Brownsville Affair

On the night of August 13, 1906, gunfire in Brownsville, Texas left a town resident dead and local authorities accused Black soldiers from the nearby 25th Infantry post of involvement.

Brownsville shootings in Texas spark the Brownsville Affair

The incident ignited the Brownsville Affair, a national controversy over race and military justice that led to federal investigations and a highly contentious response from the Roosevelt administration.

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