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Rally Calls for Civil Rights

Thousands turn out to protest the prosecution of six black teenagers in Jena, La., accused of beating a white student in what has become a symbol of what many blacks see as unfair treatment in courts across the country.

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Thousands Protest Blacks' Treatment
Article | JENA, La., Sept. 20 -- Thousands of people from around the nation converged early Thursday on this rural town to protest what they consider the overzealous prosecution of six black high school students charged with beating a white schoolmate.
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