Hate Crime: The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas
- ISBN-10
- 0385721951
- ISBN-13
- 9780385721950
- Series
- Hate Crime
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Joyce King
Description
Describes the brutal 1998 death of James Byrd, Jr., a forty-nine-year-old black man dragged to his death behind a pick-up truck driven by three young white men, and its aftermath, discussing the three men convicted of the crime, the racism that pervades American society, and the personal impact of the murder on the author. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
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