Hate crimes have been around in America since the very beginning of our nation. When Columbus set foot in America, he almost immediately began the genocide of Native Americans when they did not lead him to gold and other riches right away. From there came slavery, one of the ultimate hate crimes on any one group in this country. Men, women and children were put in chains and worked because of the color of their …showed first 75 words of 2861 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2861 total…Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Hate Crime." Jet Mar. 1999 40 Monroe, Sylvester. "A Burning in Alabama." Time 15 Mar. 1999: 47 "Prison Letters Hint of Jasper Violence; Gang Correspondence Investigated." Houston Chronicle 7 Apr. 1999: A19 Scott, Jodi. "From Hate Rhetoric to Hate Crome: A Link Acknowledged Too Late." The Humanist Jan. 1999: 8-20 Seelye, Katharine Q. "Citing 'Primitive' Hatreds, Clinton Askes Congress to Expand Hate-Crime Law." New Your Times 7 Apr. 1999: 18A "Wyoming Takes Care of Bigoted Killer." Tampa Tribune 7 Apr. 1999: 8A