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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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