Tag: Jena 6

Conclusions about Jena 6 Mobilization – a draft

January 15, 2025 Pamela Oliver Black Movement, Research on protest & social movements, Social Movements

I’ve just submitted the draft of my piece about the Jena 6 that is a substantial extension and revision of the blog post I wrote a couple of years ago. It will need a 20% cut before publication and responses of editors and reviewers may lead me to rethink my

The Jena Six: Of nooses, fights, narratives, and movement building

February 8, 2023 Pamela Oliver Black Movement, Social Movements

NOTE: Since writing this blog I have gained more information and have written a longer paper with more details that gives a somewhat different slant on some events. I will link to that paper when I’ve finished revising it. There was a huge wave of Black protests in the wake