02012cam a2200349 i 4500 412505220 TxAuBib 20200130120000.0 181113s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018052927 9780806162911 $29.95 0806162910 $29.95 TxAuBib rda Ginn, Jody Edward, 1969- East Texas troubles : the Allred Rangers' cleanup of San Augustine / Jody Edward Ginn ; Foreword by Robert M. Utley. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019] xvi, 190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182) and index. "As part of his commitment to reform state law enforcement, newly elected Governor James V. Allred sent in earnest and effective lawmen to cleanup San Augustine County, where criminal vigilantes exploited and abused African-American citizens under cover of Jim Crow and established dominion over local whites through brutality and murder. These events coincided as the Texas Rangers merged with the state highway patrol to create the Texas Department of Public Safety and allowed for the professionalization of the Rangers, as their ranks were no longer overturned every time a new governor was elected"-- Provided by publisher. Adult Brodart. 20200130. Allred, James V., 1899-1959. Texas Rangers History 20th century. Law enforcement Texas San Augustine History 20th century. Vigilantes Texas San Augustine History 20th century. Criminals Texas San Augustine History 20th century. Violence Texas San Augustine History 20th century. San Augustine (Tex.) Social conditions 20th century.