The great people of Minnesota have to be pleased with Ellison’s hammering of Bush appointee (and US Attorney who survived the Gonzalez bloodbath because he plays Republican ball) Donald Washington.
“Martin Luther King did not do his work so you could get a Lexus and a nice house!”
Interesting to see one of my pictures show-up in a John Mellencamp video…
This is the documentary that led me to take my first trip to Jena in June. It’s now on Google Video. Awesome.
As a follow-up to these Jena videos. Spelman and Morehouse students are doing a march on CNN tomorrow at noon. They’re planning to wear their “Sunday best”, to draw attention to the fact that these types of marches were happening in Atlanta 40 years ago, and that civil rights marches are still necessary.
CNN was late to the game in reporting about the Jena Six, and was trumped to the story by more than a month by the BBC. When they finally got around to a report, Paris Hilton was freed from jail, and the report only aired once. They were making-up for lost ground last night, with live interviews with two of Martin Luther King Jr.’s children. The piece lasted about seven minutes.
Sent to me via all the Jena Six coverage I’ve been doing.
A photo story I made about the Jena 6, followed by Jennifer Turnley’s reports from TV8 in Monroe, LA, featuring daily stories from the trial.
Jena 6, a photo story:
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