2003. The Lynching of Persons of Mexican Origin or Descent in the United States, 1848 to 1928. Journal of Social History 37(2): 411-438.For some sense of the scope of racist violence, it is estimated that between 1848 and 1928 at least 597 Mexicans were lynched. William Carrigan, "...
the origins of the name "Texas" are fairly clear. The name "Texas" comes from the Caddo word "Tejas," meaning "friends." The Caddo were some of the earliest residents of the land that would become Texas, and historians attribute the origin of the state's motto...