The Jena Six were six black teenagers convicted in the beating of Justin Barker,
a white student at Jena High School in Jena, Louisiana, on December 4, 2006.

Racial tensions have run high in Jena, La., ever since a December fight at a high
school sent a group of students to jail. The disparate treatment between the ...

Sep 11, 2011 ... Six black students in Jena, Louisiana, were charged with attempted murder for a
beating administered to a white student.

Oct 24, 2007 ... 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 ...

Jan 15, 2009 ... Mychal Bell says he felt pressure to be perfect after his part of 2006's "Jena 6"
assault case was over. When police alleged last month that he ...

Justice for the Jena 6. Here's the message we sent to our members, encouraging
them to call on Louisiana's Governor to intervene in the situation in Jena, LA.

Aug 25, 2011 ... Things have mostly gotten back to normal in this community of about 3000
people, which became the site of a massive civil rights protest that ...

Sep 21, 2007 ... A relative of one of the Jena Six says a judge has denied bail for Mychal Bell, the
only one of the teens who is jailed in the beating of a white ...

Jun 26, 2007 ... The district attorney prosecuting a racially charged beating case in the small
Louisiana town of Jena abruptly reduced attempted-murder ...