The James Byrd Story

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The James Byrd Story

• What Hate Did

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Summaries

• Who is he?
• James Byrd was 49 African American male from
  Jasper, Texas
• What Happened?
• On June 7, 1998 three white men in a pick up
  truck picked James Byrd who was intoxicated. They
  beat him up then chained his body to the back of
  a pick up and drug his body until his head came
  off after they hit an embankment.

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James Byrd, Jr.