October 12, 2007

Walkouts for 'Jena 6'

By SARA LIPKA

At more than 100 colleges across the country, students staged walkouts last week, skipping class to hold marches and rallies in support of the so-called Jena Six: a group of black teenagers in Jena, La., who were charged with attempted murder after a fight at their high school.

Although most of the charges against the teens have been reduced, the cases are still wending their way through the courts, and some young activists see the treatment of the Jena Six as representative of a legal

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