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On June 7, 1998 James Byrd Jr was brutally murdered after returning from a party by three white men in Jasper, Texas. The injuries sustained by James made this crime one of the most brutal murders fueled by racism in America.https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/10/us/black-man-fatally-dragged-in-a-possible-racial-killing.htmlhttps://heavy.com/news/2019/04/john-william-king-execution-james-byrd-murder/https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/james-byrd-jrhttps://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jrhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd_Jr.#cite_note-27https://psmag.com/social-justice/the-shocking-legacy-of-americas-worst-modern-day-lynching