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Shooting in Brownsville, Texas ignites the Brownsville Affair

On the night of August 13, 1906, shots were fired in Brownsville, Texas, killing a white bartender and wounding another, and local authorities immediately blamed Black soldiers of the 25th U.S. Infantry stationed nearby.

Shooting in Brownsville, Texas ignites the Brownsville Affair

The incident triggered the Brownsville Affair, a major racial and military controversy that prompted a contentious federal investigation and would lead to President Roosevelt's later punitive actions against the accused soldiers, shaping debates over race, military justice, and presidential authority.

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