• Jun 22, 2008 all day
  • Location: Herbst Theatre
  • Latest Activity: Jan 20, 2020
Herbst Theatre Event Honors James Byrd Jr., Who Was Chained To a Truck and Dragged Three Miles to His Death by Three White Supremacists in the Outskirts of Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998 CONTACT: Laurie Huff, 925-943-6388, huff.laurie@gmail.com Lani Silver, 415-485-4208 byrdproject@aol.com WHAT: The 10th Anniversary Tribute to James Byrd Jr. Working Together to Reduce Racism WHEN: 2 p.m. Sunday, June 22 WHERE: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco WHAT: Two of James Byrd Jr.'s sisters, Clara Byrd Taylor and Louvon Byrd Harris, and his niece, Tiffany Taylor, will join in a tribute to Byrd. The former Sheriff of Jasper County, Billy Rowles, will join us. More than a dozen well-known Bay Area authors, politicians and civic leaders will give short tributes to Byrd and his family, leading the audience in a discussion about how racism affects each of us and our community. Speakers include: San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi; author Susan Griffin; dancer Justin Flores; Danish Holocaust rescuer Knud Dyby; performer Rhodessa Jones; San Francisco Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, San Francisco Board of Education member Eric Mar; Bill Hoskins, Executive Director, African American Historical and Cultural Society; Oakland Post Publisher Paul Cobb; Rabbi Michael Lerner; Donn Harris, Executive Director, Oakland School for the Arts; James Bell, Executive Director, W. Haywood Burns Institute; longshoreman and minister, the Rev. Ted Frazier; Toni Gill, Dean, June Jordan High School; defense attorney and comedian Aundre Herron; Willie Ratcliff, Editor, San Francisco Bayview; Jessica Juarez, Program Director, James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project; China Galland, author of Love Cemetary, Unburying the Secret History of Slaves and Martin G. Reynolds, Editor, Oakland Tribune. Performances by: Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir and music legend Bill Spooner. TICKETS: $10, $20 and $35 - City Box Office (415-392-4400 or www.cityboxoffice.com). Other National Tributes: The San Francisco event follows two programs in Texas. On June 2 in Houston, the Center for Healing Racism will sponsor "Nooses, A History of Lynching, From Trees to Trucks" at 7 p.m. at the Cullen Oaks Community Center, 4600 Cullen Blvd. The event is co-sponsored by the Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing, the Byrd family and the James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project, a project of the Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing. On June 7 in Jasper, Texas, exactly ten years after Byrd was murdered, a program titled "Make a Difference" will take place at the James Byrd Jr. Memorial Park. MEDIA NOTE: Byrd family members are available for phone interviews prior to the event and will be in San Francisco from June 21 and June 26. To reach Clara Byrd Taylor, call the Byrd Foundation for Racial Healing at 888-654-6414. Lani Silver may be reached at 415-485-4208 or byrdproject@aol.com. Additional information about the work of the James Byrd Jr. Racism Oral History Project is available at www.lanisilver.com.
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