{"id":1988,"date":"2025-06-05T16:35:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssc.wisc.edu\/soc\/racepoliticsjustice\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2025-12-31T08:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:38:32","slug":"jena-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssc.wisc.edu\/soc\/racepoliticsjustice\/2025\/06\/05\/jena-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Jena Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Jena Six protest happened on September 20, 2007. The Jena Six had been charged after a December 2006 fight.<\/a> In this blog I’ve collected links to some videos, images, and retrospectives about the case. I expect to return to this site to edit it to make it more organized. I am in the process of completing a manuscript for the Cambridge Elements series about this protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videos, Images, and Writing About the September 20 Protest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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A retrospective about experiences is at https:\/\/chimesnewspaper.com\/628\/news\/student-protests-for-justice-in-jena-6-case\/<\/a> The image below is from the linked article. caption in article; Demonstrators in Jena, La. begin Thursday\u2019s rally in unison, chanting, \u201cWe fired up, can\u2019t take no more!\u201d Protesters wore black shirts to the Sept. 20 demonstration, originally set to coincide with the sentencing date of Mychal Bell, one teen they say was jailed unjustly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo courtesy of Photo by Brittney Walker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An NPR photo essay that is mostly pictures of the people involved in the case, not the protest https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/newsandviews\/2007\/09\/the_jena_6_in_photos.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A retrospective essay five years later https:\/\/virgogumbo.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/the-jena-6-rally-5-years-later.html<\/a> That links to an essay written at the time https:\/\/lasentinel.net\/l-a-demands-justice-for-jena-6.html<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picture from https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/entertainment\/arts\/2019\/01\/25\/blood-root-revisits-turbulent-emotions-jena-six-story\/2636647002\/<\/a> caption: Alyse Stukey, right, of Virginia Beach, Va., stands at the site of where an oak tree once stood that is at the center of a civil rights issue during a rally at Jena High School in Louisiana on Sept. 20, 2007. Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of teh Louisiana town in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate. Sharon Steinmann, Houston Chronicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Protest image reprinted in a later story. Credit is AP Alex Brandon. caption: Protests against the charges filed against six African American high school students included this one on Sept. 20, 2007. Radio personality Michael Baisden, fourth from left, walks with Rev. Al Sharpton, center, and Melissa Bell, mother of Mychal Bell, during a march in Jena, La. https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-1000w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ap\/69d6fa80-0c97-40b7-a037-71f4855f0274.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photos supplied by Aisha Upton-Azzam, a sociologist who attended the Jena protest when she was 19, coming from Chicago on a bus after her grandmother learned about the protest on Facebook and paid for Aisha’s ticket. The bus traveled 15 hours each way from Chicago. Protesters slept on the bus and ate at rest stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image of protest posted at https:\/\/marxist.com\/black-struggle-and-socialist-revolution.htm<\/a> no photo credit given<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The crowd marches through Jena, La., Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of Justin Barker, a white classmate. (AP Photo\/Ann Heisenfelt)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

photo from Whudat.com https:\/\/www.whudat.com\/newsblurbs\/more\/jena_6_mychal_bell_sentenced_to_18_months_violating_probation_1681012073<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Videos about the protest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This one was put together by Baton Rouge attendees. 7 minutes of photo and video montage that gives a feeling for the whole rally. They also invoke faith in God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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