Credit: Photo By Jana Birchum

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This is the stretch of East Texas road in Jasper where James Byrd Jr., a black man, was dragged to death from the rear of a pickup truck. Three men were convicted of the crime, with two sentenced to death and a third sentenced to life in prison.

This article appears in June 1 • 2001.

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