The Canales Hearings of 1919: The Unprecedented Exposure of State-sanctioned Violence

Sensitive Content: This post contains graphic images On Thursday, January 30, 1919, began an unprecedented exposure of state-sanctioned violence by the Texas Rangers and their accomplices. During the following two weeks, many of the more than seventy witnesses testified before a joint committee of the Texas legislature about murder, torture, displacement, and other efforts of […]