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The Dark History Of The Texas Rangers


'Cult Of Glory' Reveals The Dark History Of The Texas Rangers - NPR

'Cult Of Glory' Reveals The Dark History Of The Texas Rangers ... Author Doug Swanson chronicles centuries of abuse within the famed Texas law ...

Texas Rangers' history of violence toward people of color often hidden

“The first African American [Ranger] was in 1988 and that was only after an NAACP complaint,” he said. “The first two women were in 1993 and ...

The Texas Ranger Story - The Bullock Texas State History Museum

The history of the Texas Rangers spans nearly 200 years. Thousands of Rangers patrolled the frontier, fought in military battles, and arrested cattle rustlers.

Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers

But the 'Tales of the Texas Rangers,' as Hollywood liked to put it, also have a dark side that often has been overlooked or twisted into ...

The True Story of the Texas Rangers - The New York Times

Doug J. Swanson's “Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers” recounts tales of lynchings, massacres and ruthless ...

Cult Of Glory: The Bold And Brutal History Of The Texas Rangers

An iconic historical brand like “Texas Rangers,” not unlike its legendary cousin “the Alamo,” can be stretched unmercifully beyond the facts and ...

Black Texas Ranger History

Lee Roy Young (service 1988-2003), a Navy veteran from Del Rio, was promoted from the Highway Patrol in 1988 and is the first known Black Texas Ranger of the ...

Opinion: The Good, Bad, and Ugly Parts of Texas Rangers History

The Texas Rangers of the Jim Crow era frequently defied Jim Crow norms and actively opposed the vigilantism of the Ku Klux Klan and other racist ...

COLUMN: Why the Texas Rangers' history isn't something to honor

It would not be an overstatement to depict them, as have some authors, as a marauding band of quasi-legal gunmen, who had a hand in massacres, ...

Though often mythologized, the Texas Rangers have an ugly history ...

In 1877, Rangers started a shootout with Black U.S. soldiers in a West Texas saloon for allegedly violating the social order of segregation by ...

History - Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum

American Indian & Hispanic Rangers. One of the persistent myths of Texas Ranger history is that, until recently, all Rangers were Anglo-Europeans.

Texas Matters: The Dark History Of The Texas Rangers | TPR

In the book Swanson sets out to correct the public perception of the Texas Rangers with accounts of their role in racial violence and oppression ...

Special Collections & University Archives: Texas Rangers (early ...

This history of the Texas Rangers as an agency of law enforcement is a complicated one and the historical record is not neutral. This research ...

History of the Texas Rangers | Department of Public Safety

A notable organization, Terry's Texas Rangers, was organized in Houston in 1861, and derived its name from the brilliant leadership of Colonel ...

Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers came to life in 1823, when Texas was still part of Mexico. Nearly 200 years later, the Rangers are still going--one of the most famous of all ...

The Brutal History Of The Texas Rangers : Fresh Air - NPR

Their exploits are portrayed in countless movies and TV shows, but author Doug Swanson says the law enforcement agency has a dark history of ...

The Secret History of the Texas Rangers

Rigorously chronicles two centuries of Ranger misadventures and atrocities, as well as commendable operations undertaken by the Rangers in recent decades.

Discovering Reality of Texas Rangers - Oral History Master of Arts

During the early 1900s, Texas Rangers and local law enforcement killed thousands of Texas Mexicans along the border, in a little-known story of ...

Tracking the Texas Rangers: The Nineteenth Century - UNT Press

There is a dark side to the story of the Rangers; during the war with Mexico, for example, some murdered, pillaged, and raped. Yet these same Rangers eased the ...

The History - Refusing to Forget

They were killed by strangers, by neighbors, by vigilantes and at the hands of local law enforcement officers and the Texas Rangers. Some were summarily ...