Ep. 24 James Byrd, Jr. Feat. Amanda from: The State of Perfect Balance
Podcast |
Devil We Know
Publisher |
Aaron
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Society & Culture
True Crime
Categories Via RSS |
True Crime
Publication Date |
Nov 01, 2019
Episode Duration |
00:43:14
In 1998, a group of white men with a history of racist sentiments seek out trouble and find a local black man, whom they tortured and killed by dragging him along a lonely country road in backwoods east Texas, where the scars of slavery days were still quite fresh.Featuring Amanda from The State of Perfect Balance podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-state-of-perfect-balance-a-true-crime-podcast/id1437727704Written by David Wayne YoungResearched by Kat Morris“Grass Crown” by Hyperchromatichttps://soundcloud.com/chromatic-1/grass-crown-2Thorns and Leaves EPhttps://hyperchromatic.bandcamp.com/album/thorns-and-leavesSOURCES:A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder, and a Small Town’s Struggle for Redemption by Dina Temple- RastonWade Goodwyn of NPRhttps://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716647585/texas-to-execute-man-convicted-in-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr BIOGRAPHY.COMhttps://www.biography.com/crime-figure/james-byrd-jr The New York Times, Various Issueshttps://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/james-byrd-jr Shane Croucher of Newsweekhttps://www.newsweek.com/james-byrd-jr-lynching-texas-death-row-execution-1394474 Eli Rosenberg and Lindsey Bever of the Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/25/james-byrd-jr-killer-john-william-king-executed-texas-hate-crime/ Elliott McLaughlin of CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2019/04/24/us/james-byrd-killer-execution-john-william-king/index.html David K. Li and Alex Johnson of NBC Newshttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/john-william-king-executed-james-byrd-jr-s-brutal-dragging-n998136 The Associated Press and Claire Cardona of the Dallas Morning Newshttps://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/04/25/racist-killer-executed-decades-after-dragging-james-byrd-jr-to-his-death-near-jasper/ Jolie McCullough of the Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/24/texas-execution-john-william-king-james-byrd/ Audrey McNamara and Julia Arciga of The Daily Beasthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/james-byrd-jrs-family-ready-for-execution-of-john-william-king-who-dragged-black-man-to-death-in-jasper-texas https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-william-king-racist-who-dragged-james-byrd-jr-to-death-executed-in-texas Associated Press and the Los Angeles Timesna-texas-execution-john-william-king-james-byrd-jr-20190424-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-texas-execution-john-william-king-james-byrd-jr-20190424-story.html EJ Dickson of Rolling Stone Magazinehttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/james-byrd-jr-murderer-executed-hate-crime-827137/ Associated Press and KTLA Channel 5 Newshttps://ktla.com/2019/04/22/avowed-racist-who-orchestrated-brutal-murder-of-james-byrd-jr-is-set-to-be-executed-this-week/ Chris Perez of New York Posthttps://nypost.com/2019/04/24/white-supremacist-who-murdered-james-byrd-jr-set-to-be-executed/ Danielle Wallace of FOX Newshttps://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-execute-man-convicted-brutal-hate-crimes-james-byrd-jr Aris Folley of The Hill News Outlethttps://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/440574-white-supremacist-behind-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr-has ANDJohn C Moritz of the El Paso Timeshttps://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/04/29/james-byrd-jr-killer-john-william-king-last-words-were-read-out-loud/3620455002/
In 1998, a group of white men with a history of racist sentiments seek out trouble and find a local black man, whom they tortured and killed by dragging him along a lonely country road in backwoods east Texas, where the scars of slavery days were still quite fresh.Featuring Amanda from The State of Perfect Balance podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-state-of-perfect-balance-a-true-crime-podcast/id1437727704Written by David Wayne YoungResearched by Kat Morris“Grass Crown” by Hyperchromatichttps://soundcloud.com/chromatic-1/grass-crown-2Thorns and Leaves EPhttps://hyperchromatic.bandcamp.com/album/thorns-and-leavesSOURCES:A Death in Texas: A Story of Race, Murder, and a Small Town’s Struggle for Redemption by Dina Temple- RastonWade Goodwyn of NPRhttps://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716647585/texas-to-execute-man-convicted-in-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr BIOGRAPHY.COMhttps://www.biography.com/crime-figure/james-byrd-jr The New York Times, Various Issueshttps://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/james-byrd-jr Shane Croucher of Newsweekhttps://www.newsweek.com/james-byrd-jr-lynching-texas-death-row-execution-1394474 Eli Rosenberg and Lindsey Bever of the Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/25/james-byrd-jr-killer-john-william-king-executed-texas-hate-crime/ Elliott McLaughlin of CNNhttps://www.cnn.com/2019/04/24/us/james-byrd-killer-execution-john-william-king/index.html David K. Li and Alex Johnson of NBC Newshttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/john-william-king-executed-james-byrd-jr-s-brutal-dragging-n998136 The Associated Press and Claire Cardona of the Dallas Morning Newshttps://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/04/25/racist-killer-executed-decades-after-dragging-james-byrd-jr-to-his-death-near-jasper/ Jolie McCullough of the Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/24/texas-execution-john-william-king-james-byrd/ Audrey McNamara and Julia Arciga of The Daily Beasthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/james-byrd-jrs-family-ready-for-execution-of-john-william-king-who-dragged-black-man-to-death-in-jasper-texas

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