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James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an American man who was murdered by three 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.
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...
Sep 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 and dragged him to his death. His brutal...
Jun 2, 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.
Apr 24, 2019 · On Wednesday evening, John William King was executed at the Huntsville Prison in Huntsville, Texas, for his role in the gruesome and racist murder of James Byrd Jr. in the summer of 1998.
- Wade Goodwyn
Sep 10, 2022 · The brutal, sadistic murder of James Byrd Jr. gave new, tragic meaning to the term "lynching" in modern-day America. The repercussions of the crime continue.
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Oct 18, 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.
