Research Guides: Citizen: Jena Six

Links

ACLU Fact Sheet: Jena Six
Free the Jena Six: Children's Defense Fund
Race, Violence ... Justice? Looking Back At Jena 6
My Life as a Jena Six
One of the Jena Six, Byant Purvis, speaks about his experience.

There are over 400 articles available via Knox Primo regarding the Jena Six. Here are a few:

Race, Racial Resentment, Attentiveness to the News Media, and Public Opinion Toward the Jena Six
A peer-reviewed article discussing the role of race and racial resentment in the prosecution of the Jena Six
Frame and Blame: An Analysis of How National and Local Newspapers Framed the Jena Six Controversy
A peer-reviewed study of how local and national newspapers framed the Jena Six issue.
Jim Crow ethics and the defense of the Jena Six
One in a series of peer-reviewed articles regarding the prosecution and defense of the Jena Six.

Videos

Jena Six

Six black high school students were charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder for fighting with a white student in Jena, Louisiana.