Hate Crime The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas

Name: Hate Crime The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas
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ISBN: 9780385721950

ISBN-10: 0385721951

ISBN-13: 9780385721950

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joyce King

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On June 7, 1998, James Byrd Jr., a forty-nine-year-old black man, was walking home from a party when three white men in a pickup truck offered him a ride. They drove Byrd out to a lonely country road, tied him to a logging chain, and dragged him three miles to his death. Joyce King, an award-winning journalist and native Texan, was assigned to cover the story, which drew international media headlines. In Hate Crime, she provides a chilling re-creation of the slaying and the subsequent trials. But she also moves beyond the details of the case to provide insight into the minds of the murderers, and to investigate the Texas prison system in which they developed their virulent racism. King…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.21" wide x 8.00" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English