james byrd jr

Black Man Fakes Hate Crime to Get His Wife Back - When Florida police suspected that the Ku Klux Klan was to blame for a burned cross in an interracial couple’s driveway, we had to shake our heads when we found out that it was LB Williams, 50, a Black man.(Photo: T. O'Keefe/PhotoLink/Getty)

Uncovering Hate Crimes in America

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James Byrd Jr.

This Day in Black History: June 7, 1998

James Byrd Jr. was murdered in Jasper, Texas.
06/03/2012
gun violence

FBI Says Blacks Targeted in Majority of Racial-Bias Crimes

A report says 70 percent of attacks were against Blacks.
11/16/2011