Jena 6 - protest against racisim Sept 20th!

I was at home one day and heard on NPR the injustice of what is happening in the
small town of Jena, Louisiana. There, some African American students
were admonished by Caucasian students for sitting under a white student
only tree. The next day they had a Lynch noose on the tree.

As many of the African American students were top athletes, a lot of the
problems did not escalate until after the football season was over. Then
a full racial battle ensued including the burning of the school and arrests of
black students for battery when they were protecting themselves and no
arrests of the white students.

I was sickened when I heard about this. I hope I have all the facts straight...
this is what I remember from the NPR interview.

Here is a link for more information and a September 20th protest arranged.

http://www.revcom.us/a/100/jena-edit-en.html