Jena six 1 of 6 in september 2006, a group of african american high school students in jena, louisiana, asked the school for permission to sit beneath a whites only shade tree. Cnn does not give the full background of the case, or a full time line of the events that lead up. Tag currently includes new york collective of radical educators. In a july trial that turned justice on its head, mychal bell was convicted as an adult of aggravated seconddegree battery and conspiracy. Please download our application form in english, spanish, french, italian. First, because local officials did not speak publicly early on about the true events of the past year, the media. Ugliness on all sides in jena 6 case realclearpolitics. Pronunciation of jena with 2 audio pronunciations, 5 synonyms, 3 translations, 10 sentences and more for jena. Not sure on the total student numbers, but has had a great scene for entertainment and activities, and yes, good number of pubs.
Six black adolescents railroaded by an allwhite justice system in a small louisiana town where terrorizing blacks is still in a days entertainment. Jena is java toolkit for developing semantic web applications based on w3c recommendations for rdf and owl. The updated brochure of the programme is available for download as a pdf. The 3 rs for teaching about the jena 6 teacher activist groups tag, a growing network of teacher organizations with a focus on social justice education, collected resources and suggested activities to help teachers and students understand the case of the jena 6. Pdf a framing analysis of press coverage of the jena six.
What companies run services between jena, germany and berlin, germany. There is also a common room for events or meetings and a garden, which you can use for yourselves, for example, to have a barbecue or to chill in the sun. To deny and ignore that the jena six issue is not based soley on race is the same as denying that slavery was based on economics rather than race. Im not even sure how to start this post, as i joined this site particularly to respond to this thread. The jena 6 are a group of six black high school students from jena, louisiana, who. Get your 3day weather forecast for jena, thuringia, germany.
A short documentary focusing on the racial tensions that arose in jena, louisiana following an altercation between black and white teens at the high school. In the fall of 2006, mychal bell was a football hero, and his hometown, jena, louisiana, loved him for it. All the events that have taken place in this case is directly the. Friedrichschilleruniversity has around 20,000 students. Funding is provided by the german academic exchange service daad. Supporters of the jena six claim that whites hung nooses on a. The house of wettin, which held the margraviate and after. Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little louisiana town thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating. Louisiana lynching and the jena six common dreams views. You can take a bus from prague prg to jena via prague, prague main station and dresden, dresden central station in around 6h 39m. The jena six were six black teenagers in jena, louisiana, convicted in the 2006 beating of. In the news, on television and even on facebook, people are talking about the jena 6.
Maxx hotel jena is located on the outskirts of jena and offers guests idyllic views over the saale valley, with a touch of hollywood style. Reed walters, the prosecutor at the center of a national controversy five years ago over incidents in a small town louisiana schoolyard, doesnt think he did a very good job explaining his prosecution of what became known as the jena six. Blood at the root revisits turbulent emotions of the jena six story. In jena, students visit further european studies, political science and methodological courses and begin writing their. It operates on the cemt time zone, which means that it follows the same time zone as erfurt.
Jena is pretty awesome city, studied there myself for 4 years. Blood at the root draws inspiration from the jena six case in louisiana. Jacquie soohen of big noise films interviewed jena six members. Its the sort of story that should be frontpage news and fodder for a national discussion. Wurstbar mke is a new bar featuring german food coming to brady street.
Jena 6 protest held at louisiana town us news life. Why 1 of the jena 6 is now speaking out against juvenile justice spending. It received the rights of a city in 32 and its university, one of the biggest universities in germany, was founded in 1558 and named after friedrich schiller in 1934. I decided that it was time that there was a dose of the facts. Only second to a good education, which everyone involved in the jena 6 kids to media obviously lacked. Jena school for microbial communication jsmc balance of the. Roger donaldson directing jena six movie in new orleans. Additionally, there are some 4,500 students at the university of applied sciences fachhochschule, making one out of four citizens of jena a student. Witnesses testified about the jena six case in which six black teenagers were charged with the beating of a white student soon after nooses were hung from a tree on a high school campus. The jsmc was first awarded funding within the german excellence initiative in. Jena six jena malone jenna haze jenaauerstedt campaign order of battle.
The crowd broke into chants of free the jena six as the rev. Jena, city, thuringia land state, eastcentral germany. Six black teens in the town face criminal charges for their. There was an unwritten rule that blacks couldnt sit beneath the tree. As his highschool team posted its best season in six years, bell scored 21 touchdowns. They swarmed over the grounds of jena high school, where nooses were hung from a tree in early august 2006, about three months before six black teens known as. Six months laterafter the da had reduced the charges against bella white jury convicted him, as an adult, of aggravated seconddegree.
Jena, thuringia, germany three day weather forecast. The jena six were six black teenagers in jena, louisiana, convicted in the 2006 beating of justin barker, a white student at the local jena high school, which they also attended. Jena six teen mychal bell graduates from southern university. Evonik acquires share in jenacell, a spinoff of friedrich schiller. But if he didnt have a record, then without being seen as an attacker, and no other evidence to point to him as an attacker, the term railroaded comes to mind. Barker was injured on december 4, 2006 by the members of the jena six, and received treatment at an emergency room.
Mychal bell of the jena 6 talks with the final call fcn, 10102007 the jena report. Look forward to a stay in one of our two hotels in jena and experience steigenberger hospitality. When i first heard of the jena 6 africanamerican teens in a small louisiana town charged with beating a white. Additionally, there are some 4,500 students at the university of applied sciences fachhochschule. Bandwidth analyzer pack analyzes hopbyhop performance onpremise, in hybrid networks, and in the cloud, and can help identify excessive bandwidth utilization or unexpected application traffic. They have six flats in two houses which are next to each other and near to the city. It provides a programmatic environment for rdf, rdfs and owl, sparql and includes a rulebased inference engine. Authorities, at first, charged five of the six with attempted murder, although now none of them faces attempted murder charges. Most people are victims of their environment, and changing your latitude can change your attitude greatly. Jena has the most marketlisted companies and is one of the most important economic centres of east germany. The jena six were six black teenagers in jena, louisiana convicted in the 2006 beating of justin barker, a white student at the local jena high school, which they also attended. Al sharpton arrived at the local courthouse with family members of the arrested teens.
Alternatively, flixbus operates a bus from jena, jena central bus station to berlin, berlin central bus station hourly. Jena six 1 of 6 in september 2006, a group of african. Antigone was presented with the dilemma of following the king’s orders not to give a proper burial to polynices someone whom she had great. In assessing the similarities between the jena 6 case and antigone there is a reoccurring theme. A black louisiana teenager at the center of the racially charged jena 6 case was ordered thursday to spend 18 months in a juvenile facility, after a judge ruled he had violated his probation for. Jena is packaged as downloads which contain the most commonly used portions of the systems.
Charge reduced in jena 6 casea louisiana judge has reduced the possible sentence for mychal bell, one of six black teens accused of. Evoniks venture capital arm acquires direct share of a german company for the first time. Download a free trial for realtime bandwidth monitoring, alerting, and more. Jena has a population of 104,712 making it the 2nd biggest city in thuringia.
Roger donaldson is directing the independent drama jena six, with production set to start in april in new orleans, variety has learned exclusively. One day after the historic march, we reair our july 10th report that helped bring the case of the jena six to national attention. Why 1 of the jena 6 is now speaking out against juvenile. With companies such as intershop communications, after the acquisition of demandware and epages as well as several web agencies, jena is a hub for ecommerce in germany. That theme is the choice of right and wrong or taking the road less traveled by others. The reason the jena cases have been propelled into the world spotlight is twofold. Institute of ecology, university of jena, dornburger strasse 159, d07743 jena, germany. Jena was first mentioned in historic documents between 830 and 850 ad.
Racismwhite supremecy is a problem today as it has been in the past. Barker was injured on december 4, 2006, by the members of the jena six, and received treatment at an emergency room. Barker was beaten by six black schoolmates in a small community of about 3,000 people known as jena, louisiana. The other five teens in the case of the jena six still await their day in court. However, there are better options for getting to jena. Using public transport at no charge, you can get to the city center in no time at all about 25 minutes to visit the zeiss planetarium and the jentower. September 23, 2007 ugliness on all sides in jena 6 case by ruben navarrette. You can take a train from jena to berlin hbf via hallesaalehbf in around 2h 31m.
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