Ever since three white men won an encounter with the 49-year-old Byrd, chained him by the ankle to the bumper of a Ford pickup, then pulled him down Huff Creek Road in the early hours of June7, 1998, Jasper has been almost synonsymous to the horrors of racism.
Ever since three white men beat the 49-year-old Byrd, chained him by the ankles to the bumper of a Ford pickup, then pulled him down Huff Creek Road in the early hours of June 7, 1998, Jasper has been almost synonymous with the horrors of racism.