S2 Episode 2 – The Heinous Murder of James Byrd, Jr.

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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