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James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for three miles (five kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an asphalt road.
Sep 25, 2015 · James Byrd Jr. was an African American man whose racially motivated murder in 1998 made national headlines and sparked legislative changes.
Apr 25, 2019 · One of three men convicted for the murder in 1998 of James Byrd Jr, one of modern America's worst hate crimes, has been executed in Texas. Byrd, a black man, was beaten, chained to a truck and...
James Bird. Writer: We Are Boats. James was born and raised in California on November 28, 1979. He was raised by his Native American mother, Betty. He is the middle child between his older brother and younger sister. He formed Zombot Pictures in 2012 with Adriana Mather and Anya Remizova.
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Jun 2, 2021 · On a Saturday night in a small Texas town, three white men offered James Byrd Jr a ride home. The next morning, a little boy found Byrd's body. He'd been beaten, chained to the back of a truck...
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Apr 24, 2019 · CNN — A man who helped carry out the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. – one of the most horrific hate crimes in modern American history – was executed by injection on Wednesday evening in a...
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Apr 24, 2019 · On Wednesday evening, John William King was executed at the Huntsville Prison in Huntsville, Texas, for his role in the gruesome and racist murder of James Byrd Jr. in the summer of 1998.
