The 12-foot (3.7 m) statue was created by Texas artist Waldine Amanda Tauch and donated to the city of Dallas in 1961 by the wealthy restaurateur Earle Wyatt and his wife.

[4] On June 4, 2020, the statue was removed following the publication of the book Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug Swanson.

[9] This was ordered by then governor Allan Shivers, who was against integration, having appointed in 1955 the Texas Advisory Committee on Segregation in Public Schools whose charge was to "[e]xamine three major problems and present recommendations leading to their solution.

"[12][11] At Texarkana Junior College a crowd of "about 300 persons" blocked the path of two black students who attempted to enter the school, yelling "go home niggers.

When it was removed, the director of the city's Office of Arts and Culture and a spokesperson for mayor Eric Johnson stated that its fate was under consideration.