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James Byrd Jr. was born on May 2, 1949, [11] in Beaumont, Texas, [12] the third of nine children, to Stella Mae Sharp and James Byrd Sr. [13] His mother was a Sunday School teacher and his father was a deacon at the Greater New Bethel Church. Byrd graduated from Jasper Rowe High School in 1967, the last segregated class. After graduating from ...
The trial opened in the Greenville County Courthouse on May 5, 1947, and was presided over by Judge J. Robert Martin. [1] The jury consisted of 12 white men. In addition to West's coverage for The New Yorker, Life Magazine was represented by a reporter and photographer, and national and international wire services were present in the courtroom. [1]
April 24 (Reuters) - A white supremacist convicted of killing James Byrd Jr. in 1998 by dragging the 49-year-old black man behind a truck in one of the most notorious U.S. hate crimes of modern ...
John William King orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history when he and two others killed James Byrd Jr. nearly 21 years ago.
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act is a landmark United States federal law, passed on October 22, 2009, [1] and signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 28, 2009, [2] as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647).
Jasper’s second Black mayor wants to help residents pay their bills while a younger city council wants to invest in the city’s culture. Residents call their heated arguments at city council ...
James Byrd may refer to: James W. Byrd (born 1954), American Wyoming State Representative; James Byrd Jr. (1949–1998), African-American murder victim;
A South Carolina murder victim known only as Mr. X for nearly 50 years was just identified. Here’s how and who he was.