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Free Jena Six T-shirts Banned
T-shirts with "Free Jena Six" were banned from the high school because the school administration found them disruptive. Students were wearing the t-shirts in support of the "Jena Six", six African-American high school students whe are... [more]
T-shirts with "Free Jena Six" were banned from the high school because the school administration found them disruptive. Students were wearing the t-shirts in support of the "Jena Six", six African-American high school students whe are accused of attempted second-degree murder of a white classmate in the town of Jena, Louisiana.
According to the Associated Press, Mychal Bell, one of the Jena 6 teens, could enter the plea as early Monday, said attorney Carol Powell Lexing. He has been charged with aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy. The plea deal would allow Bell to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and avoid a second trial. "We were prepared to go forward with the trial, but you have to do what's best for the client," Lexing said. Sidebar: I hope that we (both blacks and whites) learn something from the...
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According to CNN, Mychal Bell was ordered Thursday to spend 18 months in a juvenile facility, after a judge ruled he had violated his probation for earlier juvenile convictions, a source with knowledge of the court proceedings said. Mychal Bell, 17, who was freed two weeks ago after his adult criminalconviction for beating a white classmate last December was overturned, was sent to the Renaissance Home for Youth in Alexandria, the source said. The decision came at the end of a two-day...
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Essence.com: And what about Mychal? Does he seem different? M.B.: Yes, but not a lot different. He still likes having fun, talking and laughing with his friends, but being locked up for nine months made him grow up a lot quicker and become a man, a better person. He just knows how to handle life better. Essence.com: Have you talked to Mychal about staying out of trouble? M.B.: Oh yes, we’ve been having those conversations for the last ten months. He knows not to get in trouble because he...
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Mychal Bell, the teen at the center of the controversial Jena Six trial, is now a Carroll High School student. He awaits a decision from the hardship committee of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, which meets in July. Bell spent 10 months in jail following...
- Lapchick: Lessons for the "Jena Six" (search.espn.go.com)
Accoring to Marie’s Web site, www.renemarie.com, she also is an activist decrying the perceived injustice in the Jena Six case. The Jena Six case stems from ...
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For Bell, the only one of six Louisiana teens dubbed the Jena Six to be sentenced following a 2006 fight with a white classmate, some things in life are ...
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A white man once told me that racism isn't that bad anymore; I laughed at his ignorance.
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JENA SIX "What makes an activist? One dictionary defines an activist as ‘an especially active advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.’ Some synonyms given for activism are ‘involvement’, ‘advocacy’, and ‘effecting change’. I became actively ‘involved’ with the concerns of the Jena Six...
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By Tyree Harris My girlfriend's white grandpa looked me dead in the eye and told me, "I don't know if I approve of you dating my granddaughter because if ...
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MONROE -- The Carroll football team still doesn’t know whether "Jena Six" member Mychal Bell will suit up for the 2008 football season. ...
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Ever since Jena went from unknown to ubiquitous because of the Jena Six, Hatcher had distanced himself from the town. But Hatcher changed his mind about his ...
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A Big Noise Film narrated by Abu-Jamal was shown on the Jena Six—Black youth being legally lynched in Jena, La., for opposing racism. ...
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Mychal Bell, the teen at the center of the controversial Jena Six trial, is now a Carroll High School student. He awaits a decision from the hardship committee of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, which meets in July. Bell spent 10 months in jail following the trial, and has...
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