Jasper, Texas - 1998. Moments before James Byrd Jr. accepted a lift home he had been sitting on his parents porch bouncing his granddaughter on his knee. Soon, the world would come to know him as the victim of an unspeakable hate crime. * Hundreds of articles have been written on this case and many of the more minor details differ between these resources. I have done my best to only include information that is corroborated. The Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing: http://www.thebyrdfoundation.org/event-news/4594297384
Links and References for episode:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-14-mn-59975-story.html
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/james-byrd-jr
https://newsone.com/2019388/james-byrd-jr-murdered/
https://www.newsweek.com/james-byrd-jr-lynching-texas-death-row-execution-1394474
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Family-of-James-Byrd-Jr-gathers-on-20th-12976250.php
https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/jasper/
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/timeline-of-events-since-death-of-james-byrd-jr
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/jasper/trial021699.htm
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-01-26-9901260220-story.html
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/james-byrd-jr-john-william-king-and-the-history-of-american-lynching/
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Jasper-awaits-execution-of-James-Byrd-slayer-13783843.php
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/texas-executes-white-racist-for-dragging-a-black-man-to-his-death-20190425-p51h6f.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/us/james-byrd-jr-john-william-king.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/23/james-byrd-jr-hate-crime-texas-execution-huntstville/3553297002/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-william-king-execution-texas-man-executed-today-dragging-james-byrd-jr-to-death-hate-crime-2019-04-24/
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/02/03/20-years-later-justice-for-the-lynching-of-james-byrd-jr-might-finally-be-complete/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/25/james-byrd-jr-killer-john-william-king-executed-texas-hate-crime/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48040916
https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr
Dennis Rodman’s Autobiography
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ciJrCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=did+rodman+pay+for+james+byrd+jr+funeral&source=bl&ots=QZGcDEd4i_&sig=ACfU3U0YtqU4I6Q5SwzED4RhQfMMthNXFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicnefNg-znAhWx_XMBHWwMAwcQ6AEwEXoECA0QAQ#v=onepage&q=did%20rodman%20pay%20for%20james%20byrd%20jr%20funeral&f=false
