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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Fact:
Conflict began over the tree at Jena High known as the "white tree," a traditional hangout for Caucasian students
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Jena Six
Robert Bailey Jr., Theo Shaw, Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis, Mychal Bell and an unnamed 14 year old boy
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Jena population
3,000'
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Fact:
Thousands visited the town for a rally on September 19th in support of the Jena Six
