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Walkouts for 'Jena 6'

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...

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