The Latest News And Facts On The Jena Six Case: Texas Southern University students and community activists getting on the bus for Jena LA.

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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.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Texas Southern University students and community activists getting on the bus for Jena LA.

Houston students taking caravan to Jena 6 protestTSU students, activists gear up for trip to Louisiana rally protesting black teens' case

Hundreds of Texas Southern University students and community activists are getting ready to take part in a mass rally on Thursday in a central Louisiana town embroiled in racial unrest.

They attended an event at TSU on Tuesday to hear about the Jena 6, black high school students charged with attempted murder after allegedly jumping a white teen in a case drawing national attention.

The rally is expected to draw tens of thousands of people from around the country to Jena, population 3,000. On Thursday morning, 10 buses, along with vans and cars, are scheduled to leave Houston for Jena.

So far, 300 students have signed up for the ride, organizers said. Five buses will leave from TSU. In all, organizers estimate 1,000 will leave from Houston.

"What if it was your brother, your sister, what if it was the Houston 6 ... ?" senior Jasmine Pope, 21, TSU's student government association president, said at the rally. "This is our time to get on the bus."