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 really good example of what happens on a daily basis everywhere across the country, and I’d venture to say across the diaspora, as well. And so, that’s why the campaign is called 'We All Live in Jena,' because Jena is happening right here in New York. I think you heard some of the incidents of local examples of discrimination and racial terrorism that African people are facing. And, for us, it’s important because this is a legal lynching, but it’s also an example of what happens when you place people in an education system that is racially terrorizing them, and that creates an environment where we have to then ask to sit under your tree of knowledge, as opposed to either (a) having our own tree of knowledge, or (b) being in an environment where knowledge is shared equally and distributed without regard to race.”