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Sunday, June 8, 2025

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Sunday, June 8, 2025

In Jasper, racial tensions erupt again

New York Times- The grave of James Byrd Jr., whose grisly killing in 1998 made Jasper notorious.

The New York Times is reporting:

For more than 100 years, a rickety iron fence separated the black graves from the white ones at a cemetery in this East Texas town. Months after the brutal murder here of James Byrd Jr., a black man chained to a pickup truck and dragged to death by three white men on June 7, 1998, the fence was torn down by residents as a sign of unity and reconciliation.

Fourteen years later, Jasper City Cemetery remains segregated: blacks, including Mr. Byrd, are buried near the bottom of the hill, while whites are buried at the top.

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