{"product_id":"hate-crime-the-story-of-a-dragging-in-jasper-texas-9780375421327","title":"Hate Crime: The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHate Crime: The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas\u003c\/strong\u003e by King, Joyce. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780375421327.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn June 7, 1998, James Byrd, Jr., a forty-nine-year-old black man, was dragged to his death while chained to the back of a pickup truck driven by three young white men. It happened just outside of Jasper, a sleepy East Texas logging town that, within twenty-four hours of the discovery of the murder, would be inextricably linked in the nation’s imagination to an exceptionally brutal, modern-day lynching.\n\nIn this superbly written examination of the murder and its aftermath, award-winning journalist Joyce King brings us on a journey that begins at the crime scene and extends into the minds of the young men who so casually ended a man’s life. She takes us inside the prison in which two of them met for the first time, and she shows how it played a major role in shaping their attitudes—racial and otherwise. The result is a deeply engrossing psychological portrait of the accused and a powerful indictment of the American prison system’s ability to reform criminals. Finally, King writes with candor and clarity about how the events of that fateful night have affected her—as a black woman, a native Texan, and a journalist given the agonizing assignment of covering the trials of all three defendants. More than a spectacular true-crime debut, Hate Crime is a breathtaking work of reportage and a searing look at how the question of race continues to shape life in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985841156149,"sku":"ByrdShop_0375421327","price":29.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780375421327_d982ea59-0354-4592-97a1-7f53870fd4b0.jpg?v=1778791544","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hate-crime-the-story-of-a-dragging-in-jasper-texas-9780375421327","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}