James Byrd

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

‘We Are Not Trayvon Martin’ Tumblr springs up as space for whites to share sympathy with Martin supporters

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Jasper police chief fired, performance criticized

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1st black police chief in Jasper, Texas confronts racial tensions post-James Byrd

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3 alleged white supremacists convicted of federal hate crimes

theGRIO REPORT – Three alleged white supremacists who violently beat an African-American man while he waited at a Houston bus stop have been found guilty of a federal hate crime…
/ April 17, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Was justice served in Davis, Brewer death penalty cases?

OPINION – The cases couldn’t be any more different yet each has reignited a debate over the death penalty…
/ September 22, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

White supremacist executed for Texas dragging

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – The 49-year-old Byrd, a black man from Jasper, was chained to the back of a pickup truck and pulled whip-like to his death along a bumpy asphalt road…
/ September 21, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Stigma lingers in town infamous for dragging death

JASPER, TEXAS (AP) – Lawrence Russell Brewer, 44, is set to be executed Wednesday for participating in fastening Byrd to the truck, pulling him along the road and dumping what was left of his shredded body…
/ September 21, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Obama finds first year's success in small social reforms

OPINION – These are clear examples of the progress that is being made by the Obama administration on a social agenda. That progress is often overlooked…
/ November 4, 2009
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

New hate crimes act links African-American and LGBT struggles

OPINION – The LGBT struggle is a Civil Rights struggle yet, in the black community, fear of homosexuality (in others and in ourselves) prevents us from advancing this cause as our own…
/ October 28, 2009