The "Jena 6" are six African-American teens facing jail time after racial unrest in Jena, LA. For information, see stories on Wikipedia, NPR, the Color of Change, and YouTube.
I read about this recently too. I think one of the Jena 6 was in the news a few days ago as his conviction was tossed out because he wasn't supposed to be tried as an adult? I'll have to sleuth some more on this.
Posted by: Vicki at September 19, 2007 4:03 PMI also just found about it yesterday. Thanks for the additional resources, Cris!
-Walt
Posted by: Walt Jacobs at September 19, 2007 12:19 PMHi Walt,
This story seems to be making its way very slowly through mainstream media outlets--this all started several months ago! (I just learned about it myself and I consider myself a news junkie.)
Color of Change is organizing a national Day of Action on September 20. There will be rallies, but they're also asking people to make phone calls and sign petitions.
Democracy Now! and Counterpunch.org also have some good articles/interviews on the Jena 6.
Posted by: Cris at September 19, 2007 12:05 PM