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Hate crime : the story of a dragging in Jasper, Texas / Joyce King.
Van Pelt Library HV6534.J36 K56 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Joyce, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Byrd, James, Jr., 1949-1998.
- Murder--Texas--Jasper.
- Hate crimes--Texas--Jasper.
- African American men--Crimes against--Texas--Jasper.
- Racism--Texas--Jasper.
- Racism.
- African American men--Crimes against.
- African American men.
- Hate crimes.
- Murder.
- Jasper (Tex.)--Race relations.
- Texas--Jasper.
- Physical Description:
- 225 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- An intensely readable, revelatory blend of true crime, reportage, and memoir, this is the tragic story of how James Byrd, a 49-year-old black man, was dragged to his death while chained to the back of a pickup truck driven by three young white men in Jasper, Texas.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0375421327
- OCLC:
- 48517167
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