J. T. Canales and the Texas Rangers / Richard H. Ribb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ribb, Richard Henry, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canales, J. T. (José Tomás), 1877-1976.

Canales, J. T.

Texas Rangers--History--20th century.

Texas Rangers.

Texas. Legislature. Joint Committee to Investigate the Texas State Ranger Force.

Texas.

Mexican American civic leaders--Texas, South--Biography.

Mexican American civic leaders.

Police brutality--Mexican-American Border Region--Prevention--History--20th century.

Police brutality.

Mexican Americans--Violence against--Mexican-American Border Region--History--20th century.

Mexican Americans.

Physical Description:

xiv, 375 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"In 1919, José Tomás Canales, South Texas patrón and state representative, filed legislation to reform the Texas Rangers that spawned two weeks of hearings in the state capitol. Only Canales could have brought about this series of events. His power, privilege, and perspective made him uniquely qualified to challenge the Rangers. Threatened with violence by a Ranger for daring to call out atrocities, attacked in print and in the state house for his own ethnic heritage, ridiculed as a shill for corrupt political interests, and accused of plotting the elimination of the Ranger Force, Canales persevered to present the full, often unsavory, history of the Rangers through public testimony. In J. T. Canales and the Texas Rangers, author Richard H. Ribb chronicles the daily testimony and context of the 1919 hearings to reveal the main currents of social, racial, and political forces taking shape in early twentieth-century Texas. Canales was unsuccessful at the time in reforming the Rangers, but ultimately several of his ideas endured in subsequent legislation and policy. This analysis of the Canales hearings provides an unprecedented exposure of state-sanctioned violence and its aftermath"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

South Texas Origins, 1758-1904

J. T. Canales and the "Era of Progress," 1904-1914

J. T. Canales and the Border War, 1915-1916

From "Honorable and Patriotic Citizen" to "Son-of-a Bitch", The Evolution of a Ranger Foe

The Patrician as Redeemer

Passion Play at the Capitol, Act One, Set Up

Passion Play at the Capitol, Act Two, The Prosecution of the Rangers

Passion Play at the Capitol, Act Three, The Rangers Respond

Whitewashed

Legacies of 1919: Justice Denied

Lo Mismo de Siempre (The Same as Always)

"The Courageous Old Warrior", The Continuing Fight for Social Justice

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Ribb, Richard Henry J. T. Canales and the Texas Rangers

ISBN:

9781648432835

1648432832

OCLC:

1557931381