The Chronicle: College Students Around the Country Stage a Walkout in Support of the ‘Jena 6’
Students at more than 100 colleges walked out of class and held rallies and marches on Monday to show support for six African-American high-school students in Jena, La., who have been charged with violent crimes amid racial tensions in the small town.
Many students traveled to Louisiana two weeks ago to join a protest in support of the so-called Jena Six, and the activists planned yesterday’s events to draw more attention to the case — and to raise awareness about, in one student’s words, the “criminal-injustice system.”
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