Member of ‘Jena Six’ speaks out on race and the justice system 15 years later

Subject

Jena Six; U.S. Justice System; Bryant Purvis

Description

Dec. 4 marks the 15th anniversary of the racially charged incident. Bryant Purvis was just 17 when he became a part of the “Jena Six.” He and five other Black teens were accused and later convicted of attacking a white student at a high school in Jena, Louisiana, a town with a large majority of white residents, after a series of racially charged incidents there.

Creator

ByAbby Cruz and Kiara Alfonseca

Source

https://abcnews.go.com/US/member-jena-speaks-race-justice-system-15-years/story?id=81490112

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abcnews.go.com

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