James Byrd Jr. Ten Years After His Lynching

While some residents want to move on and erase the scar left by the heinous, racial attack, his family works to keep the black man’s memory alive. Three white men used a chain to tie James Byrd Jr.’s ankles to a truck’s rear bumper, zigzagging him for 3.08 miles.

10 years later, Byrd tragedy still haunts Jasper

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James Byrd Jr. Ten Years After His Lynching

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