| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 87 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, The Bullock Texas State History Museum is hosting |
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| 3 | 3 | | Reverberations of Memory, Violence, and History: A Conference |
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| 4 | 4 | | for the Centennial of the 1919 Canales Investigation; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Between 1910 and 1920, during a period of racial |
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| 6 | 6 | | conflict along the United States-Mexico border, the Texas |
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| 7 | 7 | | Rangers were dispatched to the region, but that resulted in |
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| 8 | 8 | | increased bloodshed; the Rangers engaged in violence and |
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| 9 | 9 | | heavy-handed discrimination against the Tejano civilian |
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| 10 | 10 | | population, and it is estimated that as many as 5,000 ethnic |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mexicans were killed by the Rangers between 1914 and 1919; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, In January 1919, Texas State Representative José |
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| 13 | 13 | | T. Canales of Brownsville, the only state legislator of Hispanic |
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| 14 | 14 | | descent at the time, filed 19 charges of misconduct against the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Texas Rangers and demanded a legislative investigation into the |
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| 16 | 16 | | force's actions; after hearing two weeks of testimony, a joint |
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| 17 | 17 | | committee of the Texas house and senate issued a report |
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| 18 | 18 | | recommending a reorganization of the Rangers; legislation was |
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| 19 | 19 | | subsequently passed carrying out these reforms and also |
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| 20 | 20 | | establishing specific procedures for citizen complaints against |
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| 21 | 21 | | Ranger wrongdoing; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, The centennial conference taking place in Austin |
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| 23 | 23 | | on January 31 and February 1, 2019, will offer an in-depth study |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the Canales Investigation and its broader impact and legacy; |
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| 25 | 25 | | the gathering will feature internationally recognized scholars |
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| 26 | 26 | | and researchers who will deliver different perspectives on the |
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| 27 | 27 | | history of extralegal violence in the United States and who will |
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| 28 | 28 | | explore the connections between the events of the 1910s and |
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| 29 | 29 | | contemporary developments related to border policing; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, The 1919 Canales Investigation stands as a |
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| 31 | 31 | | pivotal episode that helped document racial injustice in the |
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| 32 | 32 | | United States, and all those associated with the Reverberations |
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| 33 | 33 | | of Memory, Violence, and History conference are to be commended |
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| 34 | 34 | | for raising awareness of the investigation and its many lasting |
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| 35 | 35 | | implications for our state and nation; now, therefore, be it |
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| 36 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 37 | 37 | | Legislature, hereby commemorate Reverberations of Memory, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Violence, and History: A Conference for the Centennial of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 1919 Canales Investigation and extend to the participants |
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| 40 | 40 | | sincere best wishes for a productive event. |
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| 41 | 41 | | RodrÃguez |
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| 42 | 42 | | ________________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | President of the Senate |
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| 44 | 44 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 45 | 45 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Senate on January 29, 2019. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ________________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 49 | 49 | | ________________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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