Jasper, Texas - 1998. Moments before James Byrd Jr. accepted a lift home he had been sitting on his parents porch bouncing his granddaughter on his knee. Soon, the world would come to know him as the victim of an unspeakable hate crime. * Hundreds of articles have been written on this case and many of the more minor details differ between these resources. I have done my best to only include information that is corroborated. The Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing: http://www.thebyrdfoundation.org/event-news/4594297384 Links and References for episode: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-14-mn-59975-story.html https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/james-byrd-jr https://newsone.com/2019388/james-byrd-jr-murdered/ https://www.newsweek.com/james-byrd-jr-lynching-texas-death-row-execution-1394474 https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Family-of-James-Byrd-Jr-gathers-on-20th-12976250.php https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/jasper/ https://www.fox26houston.com/news/timeline-of-events-since-death-of-james-byrd-jr https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/jasper/trial021699.htm https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1999-01-26-9901260220-story.html https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/james-byrd-jr-john-william-king-and-the-history-of-american-lynching/ https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Jasper-awaits-execution-of-James-Byrd-slayer-13783843.php https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/texas-executes-white-racist-for-dragging-a-black-man-to-his-death-20190425-p51h6f.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/us/james-byrd-jr-john-william-king.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/23/james-byrd-jr-hate-crime-texas-execution-huntstville/3553297002/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-william-king-execution-texas-man-executed-today-dragging-james-byrd-jr-to-death-hate-crime-2019-04-24/ https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/02/03/20-years-later-justice-for-the-lynching-of-james-byrd-jr-might-finally-be-complete/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/25/james-byrd-jr-killer-john-william-king-executed-texas-hate-crime/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48040916 https://www.britannica.com/event/murder-of-James-Byrd-Jr Dennis Rodman’s Autobiography https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ciJrCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=did+rodman+pay+for+james+byrd+jr+funeral&source=bl&ots=QZGcDEd4i_&sig=ACfU3U0YtqU4I6Q5SwzED4RhQfMMthNXFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicnefNg-znAhWx_XMBHWwMAwcQ6AEwEXoECA0QAQ#v=onepage&q=did%20rodman%20pay%20for%20james%20byrd%20jr%20funeral&f=false