Bill Text: TX SR87 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Reverberations of Memory, Violence, and History Conference.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-29 - Reported enrolled [SR87 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR87-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Bullock Texas State History Museum is hosting | ||
| Reverberations of Memory, Violence, and History: A Conference | ||
| for the Centennial of the 1919 Canales Investigation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Between 1910 and 1920, during a period of racial | ||
| conflict along the United States-Mexico border, the Texas | ||
| Rangers were dispatched to the region, but that resulted in | ||
| increased bloodshed; the Rangers engaged in violence and | ||
| heavy-handed discrimination against the Tejano civilian | ||
| population, and it is estimated that as many as 5,000 ethnic | ||
| Mexicans were killed by the Rangers between 1914 and 1919; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In January 1919, Texas State Representative José | ||
| T. Canales of Brownsville, the only state legislator of Hispanic | ||
| descent at the time, filed 19 charges of misconduct against the | ||
| Texas Rangers and demanded a legislative investigation into the | ||
| force's actions; after hearing two weeks of testimony, a joint | ||
| committee of the Texas house and senate issued a report | ||
| recommending a reorganization of the Rangers; legislation was | ||
| subsequently passed carrying out these reforms and also | ||
| establishing specific procedures for citizen complaints against | ||
| Ranger wrongdoing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The centennial conference taking place in Austin | ||
| on January 31 and February 1, 2019, will offer an in-depth study | ||
| of the Canales Investigation and its broader impact and legacy; | ||
| the gathering will feature internationally recognized scholars | ||
| and researchers who will deliver different perspectives on the | ||
| history of extralegal violence in the United States and who will | ||
| explore the connections between the events of the 1910s and | ||
| contemporary developments related to border policing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The 1919 Canales Investigation stands as a | ||
| pivotal episode that helped document racial injustice in the | ||
| United States, and all those associated with the Reverberations | ||
| of Memory, Violence, and History conference are to be commended | ||
| for raising awareness of the investigation and its many lasting | ||
| implications for our state and nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commemorate Reverberations of Memory, | ||
| Violence, and History: A Conference for the Centennial of the | ||
| 1919 Canales Investigation and extend to the participants | ||
| sincere best wishes for a productive event. | ||
| Rodríguez | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on January 29, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
