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October 16, 2007

Jena Six Case

Witnesses testified about the “Jena Six” case in which six black teenagers were charged with the beating of a white student soon after noose… read more

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. They criticized federal authorities for staying out of the local prosecutor’s case against the six, particularly that of Mychal Bell, who was in jail after a judge decided he violated the terms of his probation for a previous conviction. They also talked about the state of race relations and civil rights issues. close

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Tammy Baldwin U.S. Representative [D] Wisconsin
Richard Cohen President and CEO Southern Poverty Law Center

Lisa Krigsten Counsel Department of Justice->Civil Rights
Brian Moran Pastor Antioch Baptist Church (Cleveland, OH)
Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Founding Executive Director Houston (Charles Hamilton) Institute for Race and Justice
Al Sharpton Jr. Talk Show Host Syndication One
Donald Washington U.S. Attorney Department of Justice->Western District of Louisiana
Howard L. Berman U.S. Representative [D] California
Howard Coble U.S. Representative [R] North Carolina
Steve Cohen U.S. Representative [D] Tennessee
John Conyers Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
Artur Davis U.S. Representative [D] Alabama
Keith Ellison U.S. Representative [D] Minnesota
Bob Goodlatte U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
Sheila Jackson Lee U.S. Representative [D] Texas
Hank Johnson Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
Steve King U.S. Representative [R] Iowa
Dan Lungren U.S. Representative [R] California
Jerry Nadler U.S. Representative [D] New York
Debbie Wasserman Schultz U.S. Representative [D] Florida
Bobby Scott U.S. Representative [D] Virginia
Lamar S. Smith U.S. Representative [R] Texas
Betty Sutton U.S. Representative [D] Ohio
Maxine Waters U.S. Representative [D] California
Mel Watt U.S. Representative [D] North Carolina
Anthony Weiner U.S. Representative [D] New York

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Program ID:: 201553-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Oct 16, 2007 | 9:32am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Oct 20, 2007 | 10:04am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Oct 16, 2007 | 9:32am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 16, 2007 | 9:52am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 16, 2007 | 1:51pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 16, 2007 | 10:16pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Oct 20, 2007 | 4:05am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Oct 20, 2007 | 10:04am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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