Denver To Hold Rally In Support Of "Jena 6"

"Tonight, a group of artists and activists plan to hold a rally and "speak out" at Blackberries cafe in Denver's Five Points neighborhood to show support for the Jena 6. There will be speeches and music and spoken-word performances. There will also be information on how to help the youths or how to contact Jena and Louisiana officials."

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North Texans Are Rallying Behind The "Jena 6"

"More than 1,000 people from North Texas loaded into chartered buses, piled into rental vans and slid behind the wheels of cars Wednesday, joining an overnight caravan of national civil rights protesters expected to overwhelm a two-stoplight Louisiana town today." |Read more|

Town Braces For Massive Rally In Support Of "Jena 6"

"By 8 a.m. ET Thursday, thousands of people had arrived for the rally and some parking areas in the small town were full.

"This is a march for justice. This is not a march against whites or against Jena," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, a civil rights activist and one of the protest organizers.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King III, and hip-hop artist Mos Def also are expected to attend.

Barricades have gone up around the local courthouse and Louisiana state troopers said they will be out in force to keep the peace, as the demonstrators protest what they feel are excessive criminal charges and bond amounts for the teens, dubbed the "Jena 6."" |Read more|

Thousands To Rally For "Jena 6"

"What has become known as the "Jena Six" case began last September, when a black high school student sat under a tree traditionally, although not officially, reserved for whites. The next day, three nooses were hanging from the tree. Three white students were briefly suspended.

Then, in December, a white student was beaten up by six black schoolmates outside the school gymnasium. The black students were charged with attempted murder.

Eventually, those charges were reduced to offenses such as aggravated battery. In June, Bell was found guilty of second-degree battery charges. On Friday, the state 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal threw out his conviction, saying he had been improperly tried as an adult. Bell, now 17, remains in custody while prosecutors decide whether to file new charges against him in juvenile court." |Read more|