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- Conflict began over the tree at Jena High known as the "white tree," a traditional hangout for Caucasian students
- Jena Six: Robert Bailey Jr., Theo Shaw, Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis, Mychal Bell and an unnamed 14 year old boy
- Jena population: 3,000'
- Thousands visited the town for a rally on September 19th in support of the Jena Six
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A series of racially-charged incidents have occured in 2006 and 2007 in the small town of Jena, Louisiana, including the hanging of nooses from a tree at Jena High School and the arrest of six black teens (known as the Jena Six) for assaulting a white student.
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Jena, LA Racial Tension Questions
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Is this the same Alfred Brock of Winnfield, LA, who publicly protested the Jena 6 students Sept 2007? 1 AnswerIt would be only a crazy coincidence if it wasn't. The January 2009 story features a 64 year old Alfred Brock from Winnfield LA, and the September 2007 story fe... read more -
Where is the coolest place in LA? 2 AnswersI would have to say the IHOP in Hollywood on Santa Monica Blvd. http://ihop.findlocation.com/results.aspx Every time I have been there, I have seen some intere... read more -
Photoshop Disasters: Microsoft Poland replaces black guy with white guy. Was this racially motivated? 3 AnswersI think that there is something offensive here, and it is not the black being replaced with white head. Cultural sensitivities are real. There are not black peo... read more
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