Race and the Houston Police Department, 1930–1990: A Change Did Come

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Contents Acknowledgments VII Introduction 3 CHAPTERS 1 “A Change Gonna Come”: Jim Crow Challenges during the Depression and World War, 1929–43 13 2 “Almost the Law”: Black Police and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Policing in Postwar Houston, 1944–59 37 3 Circling the Wagons: Police Department Retrenchment in a Time of Social Change, 1960–73 62 4 “What a Mess We Have Here”: Chaos with the Breakdown of Leadership in the Police Department, 1973–78 94 5 The Storm Clouds of Change: The Death of José Campos Torres and the Emergence of Triracial Politics in Houston, 1978–80 110 6 Calming the Raging Sea: Katherine J. Whitmire, Lee P. Brown, and the High Tide of Change for the Police Department , 1981–90 130 Conclusion 150 Notes 153 Bibliography 179 Index 199 ...