In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected ...
Actor Jon Voight portrayed him in the 2003 television film “Jasper, Texas.” Millions saw Rowles on the news in June 1998 as he kept Jasper from unraveling after Byrd’s murder. The Rev.