Brutal Hate Crime in Jasper, Texas, Remembered at Events in Texas and California.JASPER, Texas Jasper is a city in Jasper County, Texas, on U.S. highways 96 and 190, State Highway 63, and Sandy Creek in north central Jasper County. The population was 8,247 at the 2000 census(2006 estimate-7,465). -- Ten years ago, James Byrd Jr. was chained to a truck and dragged three miles to his death by three white supremacists white supremacist n. One who believes that white people are racially superior to others and should therefore dominate society. white supremacy n. Noun 1. in the outskirts of Jasper, Texas. To mark the 10th anniversary of his death, Byrd family members will participate in three national tributes: the first in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , on June 2; the second, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7; and the third, in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] , on June 22. The Houston event will be at 7 p.m. June 2 at the Cullen Oaks Community Center, 4600 Cullen Blvd. The event, titled "Nooses, A History of Lynching, From Trees to Trucks," will honor Byrd's memory. The event is sponsored by the award-winning Center for Healing Racism in partnership with the Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing, the family of James Byrd Jr. and the James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project, a project of the Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing. Speakers include Cherry Steinwender, the Co-Director of the Center for Healing Racism; Clara Byrd Taylor, President of the Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing (and sister of James Byrd Jr.); Michael Ingram, Center for Healing Racism; and Lani Silver, Director of the James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project. Musician Jimmie Moore will perform at the program, which is free and open to the public. The Jasper event will be on June 7, exactly ten years after Byrd was murdered. The Byrd Foundation For Racial Healing will sponsor a program titled "Make a Difference," at 10 a.m. at the James Byrd Jr. Memorial Park. Keynote comments will be delivered by John Stevens John Stevens is the name of a number of prominent people:
Based in Jasper, the Deep East Texas Council of Governments is a member of the Texas Association of Regional Councils. will discuss the educational programs being sponsored by the Byrd Foundation For Racial Healing. A local choir will sing and young children will perform a skit. The winner of the Byrd Scholarship will read her essay on the effect racism has had on her life. The San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden event will be at 2 p.m. June 22, at the Herbst Theatre The Herbst Theatre is an auditorium in the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in Civic Center in San Francisco, United States. It was the site of the signing of the United Nations Charter on June 26, 1945. , 401 Van Ness Van Ness may refer to: People
Tickets are available for $10, $20 and $35 at City Box Office (415-392-4400 or www.cityboxoffice.com). The tribute is being organized by the San Francisco-based James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project, a project of the Houston-based Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing. The project will honor the memory of James Byrd Jr. and welcome his family from Texas. Since its inception seven years ago, the project has conducted approximately 2,600 oral histories on the topic of racism in America. Project director Lani Silver suggests that by sharing our experiences with racism, we can reduce it. Silver says the tribute will acknowledge how far we have come and how far we have to go. Note: Two more events in Texas will remember Byrd's life and death. On June 5, the Anti-Defamation League Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith organization which fights anti-Semitism. [Am. Hist.: Wigoder, 33] See : Anti-Semitism of Houston hosts a press conference and on June 6 Byrd sister Mylinda Washington will speak at the Anti-Defamation League's national executive meeting in Bastrop, Texas Bastrop is the county seat of Bastrop County, Texas, and is located about thirty miles southeast of Austin, Texas. By 2005, the city had an estimated population of 7,297, up more than 35% from the 2000 census figure of 5,340; its population has doubled since the early 1970s. . A remembrance service is being planned. More information about these events is available by calling 713-627-3490. For more information: Center for Healing Racism (in Houston) Mike Ingram, 713-520-8226 Cherry Steinwender, Co-Director, Center for Healing Racism, cfhr1@juno.com, www.centerhealingracism.org Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing Clara Byrd Taylor, President, 888-656-6414, byrdfound@juno.com James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project Lani Silver, director, 415-485-4208, byrdproject@aol.com Photographs Available upon Request |
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