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How James Byrd Jr.'s Horrific Murder Led to Greater Hate Crimes Laws
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJames Byrd Jr.'s brutal murder in Texas may seem reminiscent of the racially motivated lynchings and...
The Texas town where James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death in 1998, sparking national outrage and...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMylinda Byrd Washington, 66, right, and Louvon Byrd Harris, 61, hold up photographs of their brother...
Hate crimes laws passed in Washington have been remarkably ineffective in protecting LGBTQ people...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA painted rainbow peels off a wall in Laramie, Wyo., where nearly 26 years ago Matthew Shepard was...
In the shadow of James Byrd’s murder, city leaders can’t agree how to move this East Texas town...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJasper’s second Black mayor wants to help residents pay their bills while a younger city council...
A South Carolina man was convicted of a federal hate crime in a Black transgender woman’s killing....
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA South Carolina man was found guilty of a federal hate crime in connection with the 2019 killing of...
Matthew Shepard's Murder Remembered 25 Years Later With a Renewed Call to Fight Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTwenty-five years ago this week, Americans — and possibly much of the world — began thinking about...
Condemned Arizona killers are back in court over a sentencing flaw. Who's responsible?
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCondemned murderers on Arizona's death row have or could soon get a do-over to reconsider their...
First federal hate crime trial over gender identity shows glaring failure to protect LGBTQ+ victims
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJudge Gavel And Transgender Flag Pin Getty Images/Nadzeya Haroshka A man in South Carolina was...
A Texas High School Canceled A Play About Hate Crime Victim Matthew Shepard
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Texas high school has canceled its spring production of “The Laramie Project,”a play about the...
Matthew Shepard Portrait Unveiled at Washington National Cathedral
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Washington National Cathedral unveiled last week a newly commissioned portrait of Matthew...