39: JAMES BYRD JR. (PROCEED WITH CAUTION)

TODAY IS A ROUGH ONE. TODAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HATE CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED UPON JAMES BYRD JR. THIS CASE IS HORRIFYING.

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SOURCES:

• Jasper, Texas

o https://www.jaspertx.org/

• Ssa.org

• https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2019/04/21/jasper-texas-reflects-dragging-death/39377093/

• J.H. Rowe High School Marker Inscription

o https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=136968

• https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/james-byrd-jr

• Aryan Pride

o https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/aryan-brotherhood

• Article about Shawn

o https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/17/us/unfathomable-crime-unlikely-figure.html

• Ross’s meeting with Shawn

o https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Without-anger-Byrd-s-son-hears-out-Berry-9056292.php

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/06/10/disabled-man-dragged-to-death/97c4091b-8658-429d-af5d-cb71929d17e3/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr.#Perpetrators

• https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/byrd-jr-james-1949-1998/

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/hatecrimes/stories/accused061398.htm?itid=lk_inline_manual_166

• https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2019/04/21/jasper-texas-reflects-dragging-death/39377093/

• https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr

• https://www.wbur.org/npr/716647585/texas-to-execute-man-convicted-in-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr

• Find a grave

o https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7105192/james-byrd