In news from Jena, Louisiana, dozens of white separatists gathered on Monday to protest the Martin Luther King holiday. The rally was organized by the Mississippi-based Nationalist Movement. The Associated Press estimated the rally drew about fifty white separatists. In September, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Jena to demand justice for the six African American teenagers known as the Jena Six. The Jena Six drew national attention after they were charged with attempted murder after a white student was injured in a schoolyard fight. The fight occurred several months after white students hung nooses from a tree under which black students had sat.
White Separatists Gather in Jena, Louisiana
HeadlineJan 22, 2008