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White supremacists murdered James Byrd Jr., an African American, by chaining him behind a pickup truck and dragging him along an asphalt road in Jasper, Texas.
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White supremacy
Belief in the superiority of white people
White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine of scientific racism and was a key…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Murder of James Byrd Jr.
1998 hate crime in Texas
James Byrd Jr. was an African American man who was murdered by three men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for 3 miles behind a Ford pickup truck along an asphalt road. Byrd,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pickup truck
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Jasper, Texas
City in and county seat of Jasper County, Texas, United States
Jasper is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Texas, United States. Its population was 6,884 at the 2020 U.S. Census, down from 7,590 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Jasper is situated in the Deep East Texas subregion, about 40 miles (64 km) west of the Texas-Louisiana…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)