Born in Nueces County, I was a civil rights leader for Mexican-Americans in the early 20th century and held various political offices, including state representative for South Texas (1905-10 and 1917-20), Cameron County superintendent of public schools (1912-14) and county judge (1914). Who am I?
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You are Jose Tomas Canales.
But perhaps your greatest notoriety came when you fought to hold the Texas Rangers(a statewide organization) accountable for its treatment of Mexican-Americans.
You were also was instrumental in the formation of the League of United Latin American Citizens and argued at its formative 1927 convention held in Harlingen, Texas that Mexican citizens should be excluded from LULAC.
Source: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcaag
Also- Not quite sure why there's a picture of César Chávez up there on the left. Yes, He's a Mexican-American, but as far as I know, he has nothing to do with Jose Tomas Canales.
