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Article: Blacks face off with Klan marchers in Jasper, TX, town where black man was dragged to death. (protests in Jasper, Texas)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- July 13, 1998
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White-hooded Ku Klux Klansmen waving Confederate flags recently marched in Jasper, TX, the town where three White men allegedly dragged a Black man to his death behind a pickup truck (JET, June 29).
Black counter-demonstrators carrying guns showed up and police kept the two sides apart, making one arrest as the Klan rally ended.
Klan leader Rick Anderson said: "Jasper is part of the invisible empire. Make no mistake about it, this is Klan country."
The Klan has said it had no involvement in the killing of James Byrd Jr., who was beaten and fatally dragged behind a pickup truck down a rural road. Three White men charged with the murder in the ...