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Thousands March for 'Jena 6'

Protesters flood town to blast treatment of black students

By Max Brallier,  Newser User

Posted Sep 21, 2007 4:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – As many as 20,000 demonstrators flooded the streets of the tiny Louisiana town of Jena yesterday to protest the treatment of the "Jena 6"— the black high school students charged with felonies after the beating last year of a white student. An...   Read full story »

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