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James Byrd Jr. was an African American man who was dragged to death by three white men, two of whom were white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, in 1998. The murder was a hate crime that led to the passage of federal and state hate crimes laws in the U.S.
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 24, 2019 · 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 Texas...
Jul 12, 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).
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, such as We Are Boats, Honeyglue and Eat Spirit Eat, and worked with Planned Parenthood.
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...
We Are Boats: Directed by James Bird. With Angela Sarafyan, Uzo Aduba, Adriana Mather, Justin Cornwell. Lives intertwine and connect when Francesca navigates through the living world by encountering strangers at the exact moment she needs to.