Race and Class: What the Jena 6 Case Shows
Against The Current vol. 131

http://www.solidarity-us.org//node/1168
Date Written:  2007-11-01
Publisher:  Against The Current
Year Published:  2007
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX13333

Some 50,000 people converged on the small Louisiana town of Jena on September 20. The protest shook up not only the two-stoplight town but sent a loud siren across the country. The 85% white population had never seen anything like this — a Black-led protest against modern-day racism.

Subject Headings

• Black History & Identity
• Black Issues
• Crime Analysis
• Crime Statistics
• Crime Trends/Patterns
• Criminal Justice System
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Hate Crimes
• Media Bias
• Race
• Race & Class
• Race Relations
• Race Relations/Racism
• Racial Conflict in Schools
• Racial Discrimination
• Racial Harassment
• Racism
• Social Justice/General
• Social Justice Issues