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Re: Texas Ranger Statue Removed At Dallas Love Field

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Beldin > Hmmm ... 1957 ... anyone care to offer an opinion on the political affiliation of then-Governor Allan Shivers???

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Allan Shivers
Former Governor of Texas

Robert Allan Shivers was an American politician who served as the 37th Governor of Texas. Shivers was a leader of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s, and also developed the lieutenant governor's post into an extremely powerful perch in state government. Wikipedia
Born: October 5, 1907, Lufkin, TX
Died: January 14, 1985, Austin, TX

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Re: Texas Ranger Statue Removed At Dallas Love Field
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Excerpt from article: "A new book on the Rangers, 'Cult of Glory,' offered chilling details about dark chapters of the Rangers' history. The book by former Pulitzer Prize finalist Doug J. Swanson, a longtime reporter for The Dallas Morning News who is now on the University of Pittsburgh faculty, says the statue depicts Capt. Jay Banks. The captain was in charge of a Ranger contingent dispatched in 1957 by then-Gov. Allan Shivers to keep black students from enrolling in Mansfield's high school and a Texarkana community college despite court rulings that should have prevented Shivers from doing so."

Hmmm ... 1957 ... anyone care to offer an opinion on the political affiliation of then-Governor Allan Shivers??? 


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