A collection of stories tagged 'jena' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:47:37 EST The judge overseeing the criminal cases for the remaining Jena Six defendants was removed against his will Friday for making questionable remarks about the six black teenagers charged in an attack on a white high-school classmate in the central Louisiana town of Jena. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53604 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93196840&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:52:00 EDT Two of the biggest racial controversies of the last decade, Tulia, Texas, and Jena, Louisiana, have one thing in common: Alan Bean. He's a mild mannered 54-year-old former Baptist minister who is white. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43690 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17869393&ft=1&f=1012 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:29:00 EST Last summer in Jena, Louisiana, six black teenagers were arrested for beating up a white teenager. The fight happened after white students hung a noose in a tree on school grounds. Alex Cohen gets an update from NPR's Wade Goodwyn. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/43432 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17675405&ft=1&f=1012 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:00:00 EST Mychal Bell, one of the "Jena Six," has accepted a plea bargain as one of six black teenage boys accused of beating a white classmate after a series of racially motivated incidents in Louisiana. Chicago Tribune reporter Howard Witt and Louis Scott, attorney for Bell, explain details of the plea. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42612 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16916131&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:00:00 EST Student Justin Barker was beaten up by six black youths in Jena, La., last year. Now his father David talks about his son, the Jena Six case and race relations in the rural Louisiana town. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39709 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14589819&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDT Civil rights protesters argue Jena, La., school and law enforcement officials are dealing out harsh justice to the African-American teens for a schoolyard fight while overlooking their white counterparts who hung nooses to intimidate the black teens. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39685 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14586563&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:42:00 EDT The streets of Jena, La., overflow with demonstrators rallying around the "Jena Six." Six black teens in the town face criminal charges for their role in the beating of a white student at the local high school last December. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39671 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14574972&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:00:00 EDT State and local officials in Jena, La., are preparing for a march by thousands of civil rights demonstrators supporting six black teenagers jailed for allegedly beating a white classmate. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39637 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14556993&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:45:00 EDT Thousands of protesters are descending on the small Louisiana town of Jena for a rally in support of six black teenagers jailed for a December schoolyard fight with a white classmate. Activists accuse local prosecutors of being unfairly harsh on the black teens. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39651 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14556292&ft=1&f=1012 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:00:00 EDT The town of Jena, La., is coping with a case of racially motivated violence, even as court proceedings against those involved move forward. The case, centering on a tree at a high school campus that was a favorite meeting place for white students, has exposed racial tensions in the small town. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/39124 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14238568&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:11:00 EDT