Jena High School
High school in Jena, Louisiana, at the centre of the 2006 ‘Jena Six’ case. In How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi) it drives his chapter on failed activism.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Be an Antiracist | Ibram X. Kendi | subject | The ‘White tree’ and the Jena Six case behind Kendi’s failed campaign. |
How to Be an Antiracist — Ibram X. Kendi (2019)
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On September 1, 2006, the day after Black students had hung out under the “White tree” at Jena High School, White students hung nooses from its branches.
- Role: subject
- In the book: Kendi recounts the nooses hung from the ‘White tree’, the fights and the arrest of six Black students, and follows the case from Philadelphia as he tries to organise a response.
- Why it matters: The case is the cause behind his failed campaign, the chapter’s central lesson.