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Jim Crow Justice From the Jena 6 to the Texas Death House Lawrence Foster Alan Bean Socialism 2008 Racism & Civil Rights Six African American high school students were threatened with decades in prison for their alleged part in a school fight--a fight that followed a series of racist incidents endured by the minority of African Americans in Jena. Among these incidents was the hanging of nooses from a tree in the high school courtyard. read more