One Riot, One Ranger

The Texas Ranger of 1960 statue (commonly called the One Riot, One Ranger statue and previously the Jay Banks statue) is a bronze statue of a Texas Ranger, installed from 1961 to 2020 at Dallas Love Field. The common name for the statue comes from its inscription which refers to an unofficial Ranger slogan, based on an apocryphal story of Ranger William Jesse McDonald breaking up an illegal boxing match by himself in 1896. While the sculpture was commissioned as a generic, unnamed Texas Ranger, sculptor Waldine Tauch used former Ranger E. J. Banks as her model. Banks was best known at the time for leading the contingent of Rangers sent by Texas Governor Allan Shivers to prevent desegregation at the high school in Mansfield and the junior college in Texarkana. Throughout his life both Banks and Tauch repeatedly confirmed that Banks was the model for the statue. Banks's support for the anti-integration protestors and refusal to allow black students to attend have made the statue controversial. The statue was displayed in the lobby of Dallas Love Field from 1961 to 1974. After Love Field traffic dwindled due to the opening of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, the statue was moved to Dallas Union Station amidst an effort to modernize the depot. It returned to the airport in 1984. Starting in 1992, some officials and community members criticized the display based on the Texas

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