murder of James Byrd Jr.

When

7 Jun 1998

Kind

Murder

Killed

1

Coordinates

30.92° N, 94.00° W

Description

African-American lynching

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1998 lynching and hate crime in Jasper, Texas, US

James Byrd Jr. was an African-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 3 miles behind a Ford pickup truck along a dirt road.

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