"Jena Six" defendant Mychal Bell's mother Melissa (left to right), Michigan Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Rev. Al Sharpton, Bell's father Marcus Jones, House Judiciary Committee Chairman and Michigan Representative John Conyers and Texas Congreswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee walk to a Captiol Hill meeting to discuss the arrest and conviction of Mychal Bell and five other black students for the beating of a fellow white student.
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The Truth About Jena

"Jena Six" defendant Mychal Bell's mother Melissa (left to right), Michigan Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Rev. Al Sharpton, Bell's father Marcus Jones, House Judiciary Committee Chairman and Michigan Representative John Conyers and Texas Congreswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee walk to a Captiol Hill meeting to discuss the arrest and conviction of Mychal Bell and five other black students for the beating of a fellow white student.

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