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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

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

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