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What Is The Jena 6

A little background for those that do not know, the Jena 6 are six Black students who face the possibility of going to prison for very long time, all because of a schoolyard fight. Almost a year ago, in the small town of Jena, Louisiana a group of Black students sat under a “whites-only” tree in the schoolyard. Yes they still have them.

Apparently, this upset some of the white students so much that the next day they put up nooses hanging from the tree. Soon after the nooses were hung, most of the 93 Black students (out of a total student enrollment of 546) at Jena High School stood together under the tree, in a courageous act of protest.

It wasn't long after this that a a school assembly was called, where a white district attorney told the Black students to just keep their mouths shut about the nooses. He told them if he heard anything else about it, he “can make their lives go away with the stroke of his pen.”

This eventually led to a fight that sent one white student to the hospital and six Black students to jail and that’s when all the comotion and eventual hell broke loose.

The Jena 6 are Robert Bailey (17), Theo Shaw (17), Carwin Jones (18), Bryant Purvis (17), Mychal Bell (16) and an unidentified minor. All were expelled from school, arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder. Bail was set so high starting at $70,000 and going as high as$138,000 that the they were left in prison for months as families went deep into debt to release them.

Here at Jena-6 .blogspot we will devote this entire site to the Jena 6 story. It is said to be covered by Oprah soon, only time will tell. We will keep you up to date on that as well.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

"Jena Six" supporters who rallied Wednesday night

The eyes of the world are on Jena, the Rev. Al Sharpton told "Jena Six" supporters who rallied Wednesday night at the Alexandria Riverfront Center in anticipation of today's protest march.

About 1,500 showed up at the Riverfront Center to cheer Sharpton and show support for a group of Jena High School students known as the Jena Six. They are accused of beating a fellow classmate in a December incident at the school.

"If (Mychal Bell) is old enough to be prosecuted, then the whites who hung a noose are old enough to be prosecuted," Sharpton told the cheering crowd.

Some, including Sharpton, have drawn comparisons between the incident to an earlier one at the school in which three students hung nooses from a tree that whites traditionally sat under after some black students sat there.
During his speech, Sharpton drew comparisons to today's march for the six students to marches in Selma, Ala., during the early 1960s to protect black voting rights. He reminded the crowd to march peacefully as the protesters in Selma did.

"Don't get out there and have a Negro fit tomorrow," Sharpton warned the crowd.

Bell, the first of the Jena Six to face trial, was 16 when arrested.

He and five other black students were originally charged with attempted murder in the incident, which some call a brutal attack, while others call it a schoolyard fight. Bell's adult conviction on a lesser battery charge, which could have earned him as many as 15 years in prison, was thrown out week by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal.

Attempted murder charges for four other Jena Six members were also reduced. A fifth member, who was 14 at the time of his arrest, is being tried in juvenile court.

Sharpton said after his speech that Bell -- the only member of the Jena Six still in jail -- should be immediately released.

He also would like laws to be changed so students who committed acts like the ones who hung the nooses could be prosecuted for hate crimes.

Those who attended the rally, which was hosted by nationally syndicated radio personality Michael Baisden, were charged $10 for admission. Baisden said a portion of the proceeds of the tickets sales would go into a legal defense fund.

Organizers also said a portion of proceeds from alcohol, soft drinks and food sold at the event go to the legal defense fund.