W. E. B. Du Bois, activist, author, and educator, was born in Great Barrington, MA, on this date in 1868.
John William King was found guilty in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr., a 49-year-old Black pedestrian in Jasper, TX., on this date in 1999. King would later receive the death penalty for his crime. Two other white men (Shawn Berry, 24, and Lawrence Brewer, 31) awaited trial for their participation.
John William King was found guilty in the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr., a 49-year-old Black pedestrian in Jasper, TX., on this date in 1999. King would later receive the death penalty for his crime. Two other white men (Shawn Berry, 24, and Lawrence Brewer, 31) awaited trial for their participation.
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