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October 02, 2007 | Headline
And student walkouts took place across the country on Monday to show support for the Jena Six. In New York hundreds marched from Washington Square Park to City Hall.
* *Protester*: "Jena was a …
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September 29, 2007 | Blog Post
"I showed some of the Jena 6 coverage last week to the class, and the response was explosive, all over the political spectrum from some students aghast at this was happening now and some trying to …
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September 28, 2007 | Headline
In Jena, Louisiana, the seventeen year old Mychal Bell -- one of the Jena Six -- has been released on bail after ten months in prison. Bell and five other African American high school students were …
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September 27, 2007 | Story
One week after tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Jena, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are taking up the case of the Jena Six. Students are getting involved too -- a coalition of hip-hop artists …
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September 26, 2007 | Headline
In other news from Washington, members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with the parents of Mychal Bell -- the African American teen jailed in the Jena Six case. Bell remains in prison despite a …
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September 25, 2007 | Headline
The National Lawyers Guild has called for the release of Mychal Bell and for all charges to dropped against the Jena Six. The lawyers group urged the Justice Department to immediately convene an …
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September 24, 2007 | Headline
In Jena Louisiana, a judge has refused to release Mychal Bell on bail. Bell is the only one of the Jena Six still behind bars. He has been in jail since December. The decision came down on Friday -- a …
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September 24, 2007 | Headline
Meanwhile the FBI is reviewing a white supremacist Web site that is essentially calling for the lynching of the Jena Six. The website contains the home addresses and phone numbers of five of the …
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September 21, 2007 | Story
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered Thursday in the town of Jena, Louisiana to demand justice for the Jena Six -- the six African American teenagers facing a total of over 100 years in prison for …
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September 21, 2007 | Story
Civil rights leaders from across the country, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Congresswoman Maxine Waters, traveled to Jena to take part in Thursday's march. Rev. Sharpton …