Jena Six: Members Jesse Beard and Mychal Bel Get Back On Track

The town of Jena, Louisiana became the center of a heated racial dispute when six black teenagers were accused of an attempted murder of a white classmate Justin Barker at Jena High School in December of 2006. Barker survived the attack, but the case gained notoriety for the...
  • Yuliya Talmazan
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 19 wks ago
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Revisiting the Jena 6: Media Distortions Cited by Local Journalist

In this eloquent piece, a local journalist from Jena dispels the myths that sprang up after a group of local thugs ambushed and stomped another student. Craig Franklin, assistant editor of the Jena Times, speaks...
  • PEP
created by PEP | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Justice for the Jena 6
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Questions Raised in Jailing of Jena 6's Mychal Bell

Howard Witt,  the Southwest Bureau Chief of the Chicago Tribune, was recently interviewed by the Dallas South Blog, an interview posted here at NowPublic. Howard Witt has been in the forefront...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Justice for the Jena 6
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Jena 6's Mychal Bell in Court

Mychal Bell and his parents appeared in juvenile court on October 2, 2007 for approximately four hours, to begin the process of his trial in juvenile court for charges stemming from the beating of a...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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White School Board member in Jena talks- pt 1
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Whatever The Cost, Go Get Him

He lived approximately 135 miles away from Jena, Louisiana. He didn't attend the march but, a friend and patient of his, Lawrence Morrow, did. Mr. Morrow is a magazine publisher and host of local radio and...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Mychal Bell FREE!
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Mychal Bell Out on Bail

After the Louisiana Supreme Court vacated his conviction on September 14, 2007 and being held for thirteen days in what could be called prosecutorial limbo, Mychal Bell was released on $45,000...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Mychal Bell to be Tried as a Juvenile

Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco announced that Jena prosecutor Reed Walters will not appeal the Louisiana Supreme Court ruling that vacated Mychal Bell's conviction of aggravated second degree battery and...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Neo Nazi group threatens Jena 6 students
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Larry King Talks to Mychal Bell's Parents

Appearing on Larry King Live yesterday evening, September 24, Mychal Bell's parents, Marcus Jones and Melissa Bell, along with Reverend Al Sharpton, discussed their plans to visit with the National...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Justice for the Jena 6
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The Myth of the Buck

Within segments of the African American community, the vitriolic response of elements outside of the African American community, regarding the Jena 6, is well understood; it's due to the myth of the big, Black...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 1 year ago
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Justice for the Jena 6
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Support the Jena 6

As events began to unfold in the late summer of 2006, all of the elements to support racial discord and strife seemed to be there, predicated by three nooses being hung in the Jena High School courtyard, after...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Apart from the noose, this is an everyday story of modern America
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An Editorial from the Jena Times

On September 20, 2007, concerned citizens of the United States and the world had planned to be in Jena, Louisiana for the sentencing of Mychal Bell, the first of six Black high school students to be...
  • Karen Hatter
created by Karen Hatter | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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