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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.
May 31, 2024 · 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).
Apr 24, 2019 · 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 up beside him. The...
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 is a California-born filmmaker who co-founded Zombot Pictures with Adriana Mather and Anya Remizova. He has written, directed and produced several films, including We Are Boats, Honeyglue and Eat Spirit Eat.
Aug 12, 2022 · Wifelike: Directed by James Bird. With Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Elena Kampouris, Doron Bell, Agam Darshi. When artificial human Meredith is assigned as a companion to grieving widower William, she is designed to behave like his late wife.
