Black Freedom Struggle in the United States:

This Business of Lynching

Text of pamphlet that provides an overview of the nationwide lynching problem, with listings by state, 1935

Summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, together with several documents, including a letter of General Nettleton, and memoranda as to precedents for the summary discharge or mustering out of regiments or companies.

House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray, report of Secretary of War, and additional testimony [enclosed with 5252 S.doc.402/1; copy of 5078 S.doc.155], 1906

Names of enlisted men discharged on account of Brownsville affray, with applications for reenlistment. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, pursuant to a Senate resolution of April 6, 1908, the names of the enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry discharged without honor on account of the Brownsville, Tex., shooting affray, who have applied for reenlistment under the order of the Secretary of War, and the statements submitted by them.

House and Senate Documents: Brownsville affray: names of enlisted men discharged, 1908

Oscar W. Reid v. United States.

House and Senate Documents: Opinion rendered in case of Oscar W. Reid v. U.S., soldier discharged after Brownsville affray, 1908