nium, 1970-2001. Vol. 3. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E.
Sharpe, 2002. Encyclopedic survey of the period,
including internationalization of finance, Fed-
eral Reserve policy, innovations in financial prac-
tices, and the stock market bubble.
Sharp, Ansel M., Charles A. Register, and Paul W.
Grimes.The Economics of Social Issues. 15th ed.
New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2002. Written for
beginning-level undergraduates, this book focuses
on a wide range of economic topics, including
poverty and unemployment, economic growth,
and education and crime.
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the United States; Dot-coms; Education in the
United States; Greenspan, Alan; Health care; Immi-
gration to the United States; Income and wages in
the United States; Internet; National debt; North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); Out-
sourcing; Poverty; Recession of 1990-1991; Stockmarket; Welfare reform; World Trade Organization
protests; Yahoo!; Y2K problem. Byrd murder case
The Event The dragging death of James Byrd, Jr.,
an African American man, by three white men
Date June 7, 1998
Place Jasper, Texas
The brutality of Byrd’s murder triggered outrage across the
countr y, prompted calls for tolerance, and energized efforts
to advance hate crime legislation.
At approximately 1:00a.m.on Sunday, June 7, 1998,
forty-nine-year-old James Byrd, Jr., was walking
home after attending several parties. Byrd, a figure
familiar to most people who lived in the small town
of Jasper, often walked about town because he did
not own a car. As the inebriated Byrd meandered
down Martin Luther King Boulevard, he was offered
a ride by three white men: Shawn Allen Berry (age138 Byrd murder case The Nineties in AmericaA Jasper County assistant district attorney holds up the logging chain allegedly used to drag James Byrd, Jr., to his death.(AP/Wide
World Photos)