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 …
John William King Executed For 1998 Murder Of James Byrd Jr ...
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...
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.
James Byrd Jr. killing: Texas executes John William King for ...
WEBApr 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...
In Texas, a Decades-Old Hate Crime, Forgiven but Never ...
WEBJul 9, 2018 · The family of James Byrd Jr., a Texas man dragged to his death 20 years ago, is working to preserve the memory of a racially motivated killing that shocked the nation.
James Byrd Jr's killer executed for notorious 1998 hate crime
WEBApr 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 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. (1949-1998) - Blackpast
WEBOct 12, 2017 · James Byrd, Jr. is considered one of the last lynching victims in the United States. On the morning of June 7, 1998, 49-year-old Byrd left his parents’ residence and was walking home alone along Huff Creek Road in Jasper, Texas.
Texas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of ...
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...
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