sep 20, 2007 - Jena 6

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In a mostly white school in Louisiana a black student sat undder a tree where usually white students sit. The next day, three nooses were hanging on the tree. The school found the three white students who put the nooses up but didn't expel them. Racial tensions grew and the student eventually fought, and one white student was taken to the hospital due to the fight. 6 black students were charged with attempted murder.

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