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'Jena 6' beating case wraps up with plea deal

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 07.27.2009 | Home


JENA, La. — Five members of the Jena Six pleaded no contest Friday to misdemeanor simple battery and won't serve jail time, ending a case that t...

"Jena Six" Teen Shoots Himself

AP | KEVIN McGILL | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics


NEW ORLEANS — One of the central figures in the 2007 Jena Six civil rights case never gave up pursuing his football career, even after his well-...

"Reform," Bobby Jindal Style

James Rucker | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics


James Rucker

We may be on the brink of inaugurating a black president, but the miscarriage of justice unfolding in Louisiana with the case of the Angola 3 tells a different story about race, power and accountability.

Held Suspect

Terrance Heath | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics


Terrance Heath

I don't remember how old I was the first time it happened. I couldn't have been more than ten years old. We were in Philadelphia -- my mother, my youn...

White Separatists Protest MLK Day In Jena

Time | Mary Foster | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


About 50 white separatists protested the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday in this tiny town, which was thrust into the spotlight months ago by 20...

Media Myths About The Jena 6

Christian Science Monitor | Craig Franklin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


By now, almost everyone in America has heard of Jena, La., because they've all heard the story of the "Jena 6." White students hanging nooses barely p...

"Jena 6" Case Spurs Copycats

USA Today | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On the campus of the University of Maryland, where a third of the students are minorities, a noose is found hanging from a tree in front of a building...

Students Post "Jena 6" Blackface Reenactment On Facebook

Smoking Gun | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


A group of white Louisiana college students dressed in blackface and reenacted the "Jena 6" assault while a friend snapped photos and videotaped the s...

Jena Prosecutor Will No Longer Seek Adult Trial

Associated Press | DOUG SIMPSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


A prosecutor confirmed Thursday that he will no longer seek an adult trial for a black teenager he once charged with attempted murder in the beating ...

Amidst White Supremacist Backlash, Mayor Of Jena "Appreciates" Pro-White Group's "Moral Support"

Chicago Tribune | Howard Witt | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


No sooner did tens of thousands of African-American demonstrators depart the racially tense town of Jena, La., last week after protesting perceived in...

Judge Denies Request To Release Jena Teen On Bail

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A judge on Friday denied a request to release a teenager whose arrest in the beating of a white classmate sparked this week's civil rights protest in ...

Bowie Donates Thousands To Jena 6 Defense Fund

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Loui...

Jesse Jackson: I Don't Recall Saying Obama Is "Acting Like He's White"

Chicago Sun Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Rev. Jesse Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday night he doubted a flare-up over a remark attributed to him about White House hopeful S...

Chi | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The Rev. Jesse Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday night he doubted a flare-up over a remark attributed to him about White House hopeful S...