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Describes the brutal 1998 death of James Byrd, Jr., a forty-nine-year-old black man dragged to his death behind a pick-up truck driven by three young white men, and its aftermath, discussing the three men convicted of the crime, the racism that pervades American society, and the personal impact of the murder on the author. 17,500 first printing.
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A gripping account of an unimaginably brutal murder . . . [and] a lesson in how to look racism in the eye and not blink. O, The Oprah Magazine
[A]chieves its greatest possible goal: setting the event in history as a disturbing record of continued American racism. San Francisco Chronicle
[A] remarkable balance of candor, clarity and feeling. Los Angeles Times
[S]hows readers a thriving subculture of hatred few of us will ever encounter. Austin American-Statesman
[R]iveting. . . . Exceptional reporting takes the reader behind the headlines and through each aspect of this emotionally wrenching case. Arizona Daily Star
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"A gripping account of an unimaginably brutal murder . . . [and] a lesson in how to look racism in the eye and not blink." --O, The Oprah Magazine "[A]chieves its greatest possible goal: setting the event in history as a disturbing record of continued American racism." --San Francisco Chronicle "[A] remarkable balance of candor, clarity and feeling." --Los Angeles Times [S]hows readers a thriving subculture of hatred few of us will ever encounter." --Austin American-Statesman "[R]iveting. . . . Exceptional reporting takes the reader behind the headlines and through each aspect of this emotionally wrenching case." --Arizona Daily Star
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[A]chieves its greatest possible goal: setting the event in history as a disturbing record of continued American racism. San Francisco Chronicle
[A] remarkable balance of candor, clarity and feeling. Los Angeles Times
[S]hows readers a thriving subculture of hatred few of us will ever encounter. Austin American-Statesman
[R]iveting. . . . Exceptional reporting takes the reader behind the headlines and through each aspect of this emotionally wrenching case. Arizona Daily Star
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"A gripping account of an unimaginably brutal murder . . . [and] a lesson in how to look racism in the eye and not blink." --O, The Oprah Magazine "[A]chieves its greatest possible goal: setting the event in history as a disturbing record of continued American racism." --San Francisco Chronicle "[A] remarkable balance of candor, clarity and feeling." --Los Angeles Times [S]hows readers a thriving subculture of hatred few of us will ever encounter." --Austin American-Statesman "[R]iveting. . . . Exceptional reporting takes the reader behind the headlines and through each aspect of this emotionally wrenching case." --Arizona Daily Star
A former reporter and anchor for a CBS radio affiliate, Joyce King is an award-winning twenty-year broadcast veteran. She also writes guest columns and opinion pieces for USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Dallas Morning News. This is her first book. King lives in Dallas.
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- PublisherPantheon Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0375421327
- ISBN 13 9780375421327
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