When we heard about the death of James Byrd, in June 1998, rctq'ers were shocked. So, we did what we always do - we made a quilt - this time to express our outrage that this could happen in our country and our sorrow for his family. Many of the blocks were made to signify things important to James Byrd. Marianna Greenberg had the original idea for this quilt and it has been such an exciting project for all of us.