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Hate Crime : The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas
Hate Crime The Story of a Dragging in Jasper Texas
Author: Joyce King
On June 7, 1998, James Byrd Jr., a forty-nine-year-old black man, was walking home from a party when three white men in a pickup truck offered him a ride. They drove Byrd out to a lonely country road, tied him to a logging chain, and dragged him three miles to his death. — Joyce King, an award-winning journalist and native Texan, was assigned to ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385721950
ISBN-10: 0385721951
Publication Date: 12/2/2003
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is a good book about a sad, yet true incident regarding the ongoing problem of racial tension in the United States. Anyone interested in Civil Rights era information or race relations will find this book of interest.


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