New Movie “The 24th” mirrors today’s Black Lives struggles

The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope.

Their sheer number, in a courtroom otherwise populated by white men, suggests they’re part of the audience but they’re not. They’re the defendants in what’s considered the largest murder trial in American history.

When the writer-director, Kevin Willmott first came upon the photo 30 years ago, he was mystified by it.

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