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Sheila Jackson Lee: It was difficult to imagine how in this day and age that two white supremacists beat Byrd senseless...

On the recordJune 7, 2000
It was difficult to imagine how in this day and age that two white supremacists beat Byrd senseless...
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
Source
congress.gov
Jun 7, 2000

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Sheila Jackson-Lee reflects on the brutal murder of James Byrd Jr. by white supremacists.

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