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Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.

Jena Six

Six black teenagers in Louisiana, convicted in a 2006 beating

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. Barker was injured on December 4, 2006, by the members of the Jena Six, and received treatment at an…
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Jena, Louisiana

Town in Louisiana, United States

Jena is a town in, and the parish seat of, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,155 at the 2020 census.
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