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Therefore, when Kenneth Purvis asked the high school principal if it was okay for black kids to sit under the tree in the school courtyard, these men froze.A When white students sent a "hell no" message by hanging nooses in the school colors from that very tree, school officialsA insisted thatA the act was devoid of racial significance.A When black ...

MONROE, La. - A teen convicted in the " Jena Six" beating case shot himself in the chest and was taken to the hospital Monday, days after his arrest on a shoplifting charge, police said.

In September 2007 more than 40,000 demonstrators descended on the small town of Jena, La.

Kelli LeeAnn Elliott and Andrew O'Neal Tant were united in holy matrimony on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at Midway Baptist Church, Jena with Reverend J. R. Lee officiating.

A senior Iranian cleric is calling on the government to harshly punish the leaders of post-election protests.

A judge ruled Wednesday that the public and the news media should have full access to all legal proceedings involving Mychal Bell, one of the teenage defendants in the racially charged Jena 6 case in Louisiana whose prosecution had been shrouded in secrecy on orders of the trial judge.

The Jena Six case, which once prompted a massive civil rights demonstration and drew international attention, saw the final chapter played out quietly.

This Oct. 2, 2007 file photo shows protesters outside the U.S. Justice Department in Washington demanding all charges be dropped against the Jena Six.

In a town where the unemployment rate this year has been as high as 11.2 percent, news that even more folks will be losing their jobs might be a bitter pill to swallow.

The remaining defendants of the Jena Six case in Louisiana are expected in court to plead guilty.

Bryant Purvis, a member of the so-called 'Jena Six', stands in front of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse in Jena.

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There is no single leader. There is no agreed schedule. Organizers aren't even certain where everyone is supposed to gather, let alone use the restroom.

New details tonight surrounding the battle to re-open North Iberville High. A lawsuit against the school board was filed.

Kingdom Bound quartet from Jena, La., will be the featured quartet for First Saturday Gospel Music Fest at 6 p.m. Saturday at Cornerstone Church in Vidalia.

The film Steel Magnolias was made in Natchitoches. The movie, enjoyed by many people for more than 15 years, depicts the friendly South where people blend and band together during great personal tragedies.

Civil rights leaders and juvenile justice experts on Friday sharply questioned the legality of a judge's surprise decision to send back to jail a black teenager whose prosecution in a racially charged case helped inspire a massive demonstration in the small Louisiana town of Jena last month.

With the prospect of a major national civil rights protest looming next week in the central Louisiana town of Jena, a state appeals court on Friday abruptly vacated the felony conviction of a black teenager accused of beating a white student in a case fraught with racial tensions.

America's racial problems are persistent and vexing, and since the 1960s, the nation has used a powerful weapon to fix them: the ideas developed during the civil rights movement.

There's jealousy and maybe a bit of bitterness underneath Jesse Jackson's disparaging remarks at Barack Obama.