Murder of James Byrd Jr. - Wikipedia
WebJames 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.
James Byrd Jr. - Death, Trials & Facts - Biography
WebSep 25, 2015 · (1949-1998) Who Was James Byrd Jr.? On June 7, 1998, James Byrd Jr. accepted a ride from three white men, who beat him, chained him to the back of a truck …
Murder of James Byrd, Jr. | Crime, Trials, & Facts | Britannica
WebMar 15, 2024 · United States. murder of James Byrd, Jr., killing of James Byrd, Jr., an African American man, on June 7, 1998, in the East Texas town of Jasper. Byrd was dragged to his death after being chained by the ankles to the back of a pickup truck by three white men— John William King, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and Shawn Allen Berry.
John William King Executed For 1998 Murder Of James Byrd Jr. - NPR
WebApr 24, 2019 · Updated at 9 p.m. ET. Twenty-one years ago, in the east Texas town of Jasper, 49-year-old James Byrd Jr. was walking home late on a Saturday night when three white men in a pickup truck pulled...
Texas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of James Byrd …
WebApr 24, 2019 · John William King, 44, convicted two decades ago for killing James Byrd Jr. in an act of unfathomable racist brutality in the small town of Jasper, was put to death by the State of Texas on...
James Byrd's brutal murder has faded from a Texas town’s …
WebAug 21, 2023 · 19 min. JASPER, Tex. — On a June evening in 1998, three White men chained a Black man by his ankles to the back of a pickup truck and dragged him for several miles down a twisting country road in...
James Byrd Jr's killer executed for notorious 1998 hate crime
WebJames Byrd Jr's killer executed for notorious 1998 hate crime. A white supremacist was put to death for the murder of James Byrd Jr, which changed America.
In Texas, a Decades-Old Hate Crime, Forgiven but Never Forgotten
WebJul 9, 2018 · “If someone comes up to us and says, ‘Who is James Byrd Jr.?’ the answer is a guy who was tragically killed by mean, mean people. We don’t deny it.” About 15 miles away, in neighboring Newton...
Race in America: The legacy of the murder of James Byrd Jr - BBC
WebJun 1, 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...
Texas executes white supremacist who dragged black man to death - CBS News
WebApr 25, 2019 · John William King, who was white, received lethal injection for the slaying nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., who was chained to the back of a truck and dragged for nearly 3 miles along a...
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