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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Bloggers: Support the Jena 6 & Get a Link at ProHipHop & Hip Hop Logic |
| Published: September 5, 2007, 1:24 pm |
| Tags: Katrina Jena 6 |
| By the beginning of next week I plan to post a list of hip hop bloggers and fellow travelers who are supporting the Jena 6. It will basically be a list of links to your post or site, if you're posting something in your sidebar, that will be included in a post that will... |
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| Please Support the Jena 6 Directly |
| Published: September 6, 2007, 2:53 am |
| Tags: Katrina Jena 6 |
| A lot of money intended for the Jena 6 defense has been going to other organizations. Currently the only way to be sure your money is getting to them is to send it directly to:Jena 6 Defense CommitteePO Box 2798Jena, LA71342 You can also donate directly online. The Color of... |
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| Bizarro Block Parties, Michael Vick, and Justice in America |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 3:33 am |
| Tags: Dog Fighting, Genarlow Wilson, Jonathan Babineaux, Gary Barnett, Bob Buczkowski, Jena 6, Michael Vick, Lisa Simpson, Dick Cheney, Racism, Peta, Hsus, Allen Iverson, Paris Hilton |
| I’m watching Dave Chappelle’s Block Party for the time and I discovered again - Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and Lauren Hill are amazing. So were the Roots and the Fugees…. In worlds far, far away from the genius that lies within each aforementioned participant in that singular event are recurring, Bizarro world block parties: the |
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| Not So Pretty... |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 1:30 pm |
| Tags: Jena 6, Media Coverage |
| media attention this whole Jena 6 case is getting (or not getting...this story screams for that special Oprah moment to make us all feel better about ourselves) -- 'tale of six black boys, who face lifetime jail sentences for an alleged assault on a white peer in Jena, La., is nowhere in my news channels: Pass the word along to those that |
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| America - Still A Racist Country |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 1:06 am |
| Tags: Jena 6, Racism, America |
| may have heard of the "Jena 6". Jena, Louisiana is a town of about 4,000 citizens, about 85% of whom are white. There is a tree at the high school called the "white tree". It is where white students congregate. One day an Afro-American student sat under the tree. The next day three nooses were discovered hanging from the tree.The principal |
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| Hangman’s Noose found hanging at Univ of Maryland Black Cultural Center |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 10:38 pm |
| Tags: Jena 6, Jenna Louisiana, Nyumburu Cultural Center, University Of Maryland, White Supremacy, Racism, Maryland, Al Sharpton, Race |
| Connection With the ‘Jena Six’? Dillon also would not rule out a connection between the noose found on the College Park, Md., campus and the ongoing, high-profile racial controversy in Jena, La. Racial tensions remain high in the Louisiana town as sentencing awaits five of six black teenaged students from Jena High School on charges |
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| The Jena 6 Movement |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 6:59 pm |
| Tags: Racist Prosecution, Mychal Bell, Jena 6, Jenna Louisiana, Political Expediency, Police Prosecutorial Misconduct, Race, Racism, Power Games, Politics |
| the young men known as the Jena 6 are being held up as symbols of unequal and unfair treatment of blacks in a case that evokes the Deep South’s Jim Crow era, complete with nooses hanging from a tree. “People are fed up,” says Esther Iverem, 47, a Washington, D.C., writer who runs a website called Seeingblack.com, which has |
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| Louisiana black caucus appeals to Gov. Blanco |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 9:38 pm |
| Tags: Jena 6, Racist Prosecution, Jena Louisiana, Punitive Punishment, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Police Prosecutorial Misconduct, Criminal Injustice System, Racism, Race, Racial Profiling, White Supremacy, Power Games, Politics |
| in the small town of Jena, Louisiana. The next thing for us to do is look at the appellate process and look at what can be done through the Legislature, LaFonta, a New Orleans Democrat, told BlackAmericaWeb.com. Bell is one of six black youths to face criminal charges in connection with the fight with a white student at Jena High |
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| Charges against Mychal Bell overturned in Jena 6 case |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 11:16 pm |
| Tags: Racist Prosecution, Racially Insensitive Remarks, Mychal Bell, Jena 6, Jena Louisiana, Police Prosecutorial Misconduct, Louisiana Politics, Racism, Race, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, White Supremacy, Politics |
| court. Bell, who was 16 at the time of the beating, and four others were originally charged with attempted second-degree murder. Those charges brought widespread criticism that blacks were being treated more harshly than whites after racial confrontations and fights at Jena High School. Bell’s attorney Louis Scott said he |
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| Voice Your Support for the Jena 6 via The Mixtape Show |
| Published: September 16, 2007, 10:31 pm |
| Tags: Katrina Jena 6 |
| Dex Digital is working on a Jena 6 Episode of The Mixtape Show and you've got a couple of days to call in and get your thoughts included. Click through to his blog for the number and more info on what you might contribute. And if you've shown your support for the Jena 6 on... |
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| Racism in Our Land! Racism in the U. S.! Racism in America! |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 12:39 am |
| Tags: Jena 6, Racism, Racism In America, Racism In Our Land, Racism In Our Land Racism In The U S Racism In Amer, Racism In The U S, The Spirit Of Racism In Our Land, Vitally Important |
| important as this? The Jena 6 case could be a powderkeg that further alienates many people. It is time for united prayer against The Spirit of Racism in Our Land! It is also time for the church to stop being silent when wrongdoing and injustice are thriving in our land! Are we more concerned about being politically correct or prophetically |
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| We don’t live in a Democracy…. |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 11:58 pm |
| Tags: Andrew Meyer, Barack Obama, Corporate Media, Jena 6, John Kerry, Lennox Yearwood, Politics, Power Games, Race, University Of Florida, Capitol Hill Police, Firedoglake, Police Prosecutorial Misconduct, Police Brutality, Politics Of Fear, Racial Profiling, Racism, Star Span |
| critical coverage of the Jena 6 case, or the white glove treatment they give to Barack Obama. It can only be remedied by telling the truth about the shameless greed, militarism and racism that infects everything we touch at home and abroad. To that end, I propose that we amend the Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem, to say “ |
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| Jena 6: Empowerment Concert, Rally in Jena, David Bowie Donates $10k to Legal Defense |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 2:40 pm |
| Tags: Katrina Jena 6 |
| Free The Jena 6 T-Shirt - [I got one & they look good with crisp readable-at-a-distance printing.] Whoa, this is great! The Jena 6 Empowerment Concert scheduled for September 29th in Birmingham, Alabama will feature Nick Cannon, Lloyd, Baby Boy, Sean P, Twista, Tank, Jagged... |
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| Jesse Jackson takes Obama to task over Jena 6 |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 6:13 pm |
| Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Jena 6, Jesse Jackson, Obama For President, Politics, Power Games, Race, Jena Louisiana, Political Expediency, Punitive Punishment, Racism, Racist Prosecution |
| a candidate, I'd be all over Jena, Jackson said after an hour-long speech at Columbia's historically black Benedict College. Jena is a defining moment, just like Selma was a defining moment, said the iconic civil rights figure, who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 Selma civil rights movement and was with King at his 1968 |
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| Mixtapeshow.net Drops Jena 6 Podcast |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 8:47 am |
| Tags: Katrina Jena 6, Mixtapes |
| The Mixtapeshow.net has dropped Mixtape 88 - The Jena 6. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet but here's a bit from Dex Digital:A few days ago I posted a call for messages from the community on this situation, and got literally dozens of calls, which I've also added... |
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