Long dark road : Bill King and murder in Jasper, Texas /

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"On a long dark road in deep East Texas, James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death behind a pickup truck one summer night in 1998. The brutal modern-day lynching stunned people across America and left everyone at a loss to explain how such a heinous crime could possibly happen in our more raciall...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ainslie, Ricardo C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
King, Bill, > 1974-
Byrd, James, > Jr., > 1949-1998.
Byrd, James, > Jr., > 1949-1998
Murderers > Texas > Jasper > Biography.
Murder > Texas > Jasper.
Hate crimes > Texas > Jasper.
African American men > Crimes against > Texas > Jasper.
Racism > Texas > Jasper.
Meurtriers > Texas > Jasper > Biographies.
Meurtre > Texas > Jasper.
Crimes haineux > Texas > Jasper.
Hommes noirs américains > Crimes contre > Texas > Jasper.
Racisme > Texas > Jasper.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
African American men > Crimes against.
Hate crimes.
Murder.
Murderers.
Race relations.
Racism.
Jasper (Tex.) > Race relations.
Texas > Jasper.
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The row
  • Huff Creek Road
  • The arrests
  • The unraveling
  • Planet Beto
  • An uneasy return
  • Not the 1920s
  • Prison kites
  • The prosecution's case
  • Sandals and tattoos
  • The verdict
  • Blood ties.

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