Rachael covers a tragic case this week involving the horrendous lynching of James Byrd Jr.
James was murdered by three white men - simply because he was black.
We talk about James, the crime, and what resulted after, as well as the legacy that his family wants to leave in James' memory.
Sources:
1) https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr
2) https://www.biography.com/crime/james-byrd-jr
3) https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/drawing-justice-courtroom-illustrations/about-this-exhibition/race-based-crimes/racist-tatoos-coer-james-byrd-jrs-murderer/
4) https://abc13.com/james-byrd-death-jamie-family-daughter/6256307/
5) https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/04/25/racist-killer-executed-decades-after-dragging-james-byrd-jr-to-his-death-near-jasper/
6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr.
7) http://thebyrdfoundation.org/
8) https://datacommons.org/place/geoId/4837420/ utm_medium=explore&mprop=count&popt=Person&hl=en
9) https://www.justice.gov/crt/matthew-shepard-and-james-byrd-jr-hate-crimes-prevention-act-2009-0
10) https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crime-statistics#:~:text=FBI%20Releases%202021%20Hate%20Crime%20Statistics&text=Of%20these%20agencies%20who%20submitted,Based%20Reporting%20System%20(NIBRS).
11) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31663124
12) People Magazine Investigates- Season 6 episode 6: Evil comes to Jasper
