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School Bans “Free the Jena 6” Shirts

HeadlineAug 31, 2007

School officials in Jena, Louisiana, have banned students from wearing T-shirts that read “Free the Jena 6.” The school superintendent said the T-shirts are a threat to the order of the campus. Last year six African-American students in Jena were arrested after a school fight in which a white student was beaten and suffered a concussion and multiple bruises. The fight followed months of escalating tension after nooses were hung from a tree in the schoolyard where the black students had sat. The Jena 6, as they have come to be known, were charged with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy. The students face up to 20 years in prison.

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