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Oprah and the Jena Six: Will the Talk Show Goddess Find the Truth in Jena, Louisiana?Will Oprah Cover The Jena Six and Mychal Bell Story of Black Students in Jena, Louisiana? -
The Jena Six - Racism in Small Town Life LouisianaThis has been an ongoing story, in the media, in the town of Jena, in almost every state, at least 10 people have heard of the infamous "Jena Six".
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The Jena Six Saga ContinuesThe saga of the Jena Six continues with Mychal Bell being ordered back to jail on charges that he violated his probation. This time, he will have to serve 18 months in prison.
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My Thoughts on Racism, Michael Vick and the Jena SixThis article examines the somewhat misguided support for Michael Vick and the Jena Six
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The Jena Six. Six Kids Who Almost Got Away with MurderMy take on the brutal attack on Justin Barker. He was barbarically beaten by six kids and possible could have died. The blacks cried racism, and thus avoided most of the justice they should have gotten. Most still have not kept out of trouble.
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America is Watching the Jena Six in LouisianaRacial tensions are running high in the little town of Jena, Louisiana, as the 2007 school year starts. Six black students attacked a white student in 2006. Are the boys getting fair treatment by the justice system?
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The Jena Six: My View of Race in AmericaJust on man's view on his experience with race and southern culture.
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Mychal Bell of the Jena Six, Sent Back to Jail for Prior ChargeA commentary of the recent sentencing of Mychal Bell to 18 months in jail for violation of probation.
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Jena Six: Wearing Green Won't Ease Racial TensionsWhile the movment to wear Green on the day Mychal Bell is sentenced is a nice note, it's not dealing with the real issues
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The Jena Six: Racism in the South is Alive and WellA negro boy sat under a tree called the "white's only tree" and started a town down a violent path.
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Thousands March on Jena, Louisiana, Sept. 20, 2007: A Monumental EventAnywhere from 20,000 to 50,000 are reported to have marched on the tiny town of Jena, Louisiana, population 3,000, on September 20, 2007. The marchers were protesting injustice against the "Jena Six."
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Jena Six is an Indicator of Racial Tension in AmericaI watched Dr. Phil interview some of the participants in the Jena 6 saga today. What I witnessed was black people on the sides of the black defendants and white people on the side of the white person who was beat up.
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Mos Def Joins Plea for Justice for Jena SixIn what appeared to be a celebrity and common man congregation, hip-hop artist Mos Def joined the thousands of citizens who peacefully marched the streets of Jena, Louisiana, in a bold move to get the attentions of the city's as well as the state's officials
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Jena 6 Member Mychal Bell Shoots Himself AccidentallyThe Jena 6 made national headlines a year ago, and now one of their members, Mychal Bell, is back in the news after accidentially shooting himself. This comes days after a shoplifting arrest.
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Jena 6's Mychal Bell Shoots Self After ArrestMychal Bell: just another young black criminal, or a victim of the system? Some consider him just another violent, thieving, self-pitying young black man in America, but I'll let you decide just how much we actually set him up to play the role.
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Exposing Myths About Jena, LouisianaTo listen to one describe Jena, Louisiana you'd think in place of street lights they had burning crosses - here are some true facts about the situation not watered down to appease the media.
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Jena 6 Update and Mychal Bell's Plea BargainThis modified article discusses R2C2H2's interview with Marcus Jones and Attorney Lewis Scott, updates on the Jena 6 case, and my opinion on how the trials should conclude. -
Response to Critics of the March in Jena, LouisianaCritics think the marchers who participated in the Monumental March on Jena, Louisiana, were "standing up for six thugs." No, the marchers were standing up in peace and unity against INJUSTICE.
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Jena 6: A Study of Racism and Race RelationsContrast and comparison of Jena, Louisiana and the Duke rape case.
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The Jena 6 Events in Louisiana Show the True Face of RacismAs the old saying goes, laws fall silent in times of war - and Jena, Louisiana has spurred on a racial war that some have been desperately yearning for. -
Jena Six Events Mirror Those in the Book of GenesisRacism in the south, still exists and looks like it will not be going anywhere.
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The Jena Six Case is a Set Up for Black PeopleTensions are getting high, black people are frustrated, white people are in denial, now there is division. Blacks against the Whites. Remember though, the problem started with youth. So the youth decide to take action into there own hands.
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Jena 6 Rally (Part 2: The Experience)Friends of Northwest Indiana, protestors of the Jena 6 case, speculate on how they feel about Jena, Louisiana, education, and the legal system. -
Jena 6 Case Opens a Larger WindowMany African Americans say they have smoldered for all their lives in a "criminal injustice" system. Emotions are coming to the surface in Jena, Louisiana.
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Jena 6: Protest and RallyFirst hand account of Jena 6 rally and march.
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Chicago Marches to Free the Jena 6On July 9, 2007 (Sunday), protestors from or visiting Chicago traveled to the NBC 5 building at 11:30 am for a rally supporting the freeing of the Jena 6 (six African American students fighting after a noose hanging). -
Jena 6's Mychal Bell Shoots Self After Arrest: Part TwoMychal Bell's problems with Dillard's and the state of Louisiana are symptomatic of problems on a much broader scale, facing the youth of our nation. This informational commentary is a continuation of Part One of a news article on Bell's self-shooting.
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Jim Crow Alive and Well in JenaIt's a story that reads like one from America's troubled and racially explosive Jim/Jane Crow era. A white "victim" using the justice system via judges, prosecutors and all-white juries to keep "uppity negroes in their place." -
The Three - Wait Two - Nooses of Jena: An Outrage - Apparently NotTeachers report the nooses were not the aggravation on the school yard that certain parties claim.
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Jena 6 Defendant Mychael Bell Released from JailMychael Bell has to learn the consequences of his actions, and if he is never made to pay those consequences, how is he ever going to stop committing the offenses?
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What Really Happened in Jena Louisiana?has the media been lying to us about the Jena 6?
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Jena 6 Defendant Mychal Bell Still JailedDiscusses the events leading up to the arrest of six black students in Jena, Louisiana. Raises questions about racial equality in the American justice system.
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The Jena 6 - Is Jena, Louisiana a Racist Town?The beating of one high school student by six other students leads to huge racial issues all over the US. Do you know what really happened? Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III all rallied in Jena but the question is; WHY???
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Jena 6 Figure, Mychal Bell, Shoots SelfOne of the six teenagers that comprised the Jena 6, Mychal Bell, now 18, spent a few hours in the hospital following surgery from a non-life-threatening wound after a gun he was cleaning discharged Monday night, wounding him in the shoulder. -
Six Lessons from the Jena 6 ControversyThere are clear lessons from the Jena 6 episode that must be learned or relearned by local school officials.
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'Jena 6' Have Moved on to Better ThingsAfter a schoolyard fight that led to national news headlines and racial tension in Jena, Louisiana, the young men of "Jena 6" have moved on and are making the very best of their new lease on life. -
Do the Jena 6 Feel Accountable?I recently heard from someone back home in Jena, Louisiana, that Jesse Ray Beard is now attending a private school in Connecticut. Upon reading an article in the Alexandria Town Talk, this was confirmed.
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The Jena 6 Case: What the News Never Told YouThe Jena 6 case sparked outrage in many parts of the country. This report points out many contradictions and corrections that the media never spoke of.
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MySpace Fight: Six Girls TagTeam One GirlAfter one girl allegedly said some mean things on her MySpace account, six girls convinced her to go to one of their homes and beat her up for well over a half hour with five cameras. Bill Maher thinks it's funny. I don't. -
The Noose in America: After Jena 6, is it a Sign of Racial Hatred or American Justice?Many have heard about the noose that was hung from a tree at Jena High School in Louisiana this year after six Black teens had a fight with another white teen.
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