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About the Documentary

In 1998, three white men in Jasper, Texas, chained a black man named James Byrd, Jr. to a pick-up truck and dragged him to his death. The small town was forever altered, and the nation woke up to the horror of a modern-day lynching.

Two film crews—one black and one white—simultaneously documented the aftermath of the murder by interviewing townspeople and following the subsequent trials of the men charged with the crime. The result is Two Towns of Jasper, an explicit and troubling portrait of race in America that asks how and why a crime like this could have occurred.

When to Watch
Wednesday, January 22, 9 p.m. ET: PBS's P.O.V./American Documentary will broadcast Two Towns of Jasper. Check your local listings.
Thursday, January 23: Ted Koppel will anchor America in Black and White: Jasper, Texas, a live town meeting on race in America with the citizens of Jasper, Texas. The 90-minute town meeting will be broadcast live and in its entirety on PBS's P.O.V. at 9 p.m. ET. Then, ABC News Nightline will broadcast one hour of the town meeting beginning at 11:35 p.m. ET. Check your local listings.

Official Website
www.pbs.org/pov

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