January 20, 2022

The Heinous Murder of James Byrd, Jr.

54 minutes

Today’s episode, Brittany takes us through the 1998 slaying of James Byrd, Jr. On the night of June 7th, James was walking home from a party when he accepted a ride from three white men. He was killed in what is better known as a modern day lynching. We discuss the life and tragic ending of James Byrd, Jr. and the changes his death made.

Sources we used for this episode:

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/james-byrd-jr

https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716647585/texas-to-execute-man-convicted-in-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/24/texas-execution-john-william-king-james-byrd/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/us/james-byrd-jr-john-william-king.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-57285785

https://exhibits.stanford.edu/saytheirnames/feature/james-byrd-jr

https://abcnews.go.com/US/white-supremacist-set-executed-killing-black-man-dragging/story?id=62549116

https://www.newsweek.com/james-byrd-jr-lynching-texas-death-row-execution-1394474

https://www.adl.org/imagine-james-byrd-jr

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/byrd-jrs-sister-says-in-statement-king-showed-no-remorse-his-execution-was-just/502-d1502084-91b4-4a38-8463-2b347b65605d

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/3-minute-interview-clara-byrd-taylor/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-execution-son/victims-son-objects-as-texas-sets-execution-in-hate-crime-death-idUSTRE78K35B20110921

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