Got on Black Shirt today.

Wish I could have been there. I wore black today.# 9 said it just right, they thought that we BLACK people could not come together and look WE DID IT!!!! Like I have said many times BLACK people, when we stick together we can seriously run things. If you get the opportunity to go to MSNBC you will see how sooo many BLACK people who came in support. If it does not bring tears to your eyes than I do not know what does. I think this incident that has happened in JENA is suppose to bring us CLOSER to one another and to stop the hating in our communities but instead to start building each other up. On MSNBC there is s link that mentions how it was black bloggers that were spreading the word on the web.That’s right one person has the power to make change and becasue of all our efforts in spreadin the words look at the GREAT works we have done. Let’s remember this day moving forward, when you see another black person walking down the street, on the bus, in the store, smile, say good morning, good afternoon etc. the karma on that is rewarding. Today is the true definition of what BLACK LOVE!! really is.

Got my black on. Dont give damn If I was baking this after noon. Jena 6, we got your back, all the way up here in NYC. I promise we black people are gonna stick by your sides ’til you are free on all and every charge. That’s right. I feel so good reading all this love and support on this website. I wonder where Pittboi is. That’s right, we supporting Jena 6 no matter what. Forget you, where you at now, I guess you didnt have the guts to talk all that crap after seeing how much us real black people support and fight for each other no matter what the circumstances. HA!!!!

greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt love it.. black people stand up and stick together love it

Beautiful People … this is a sight for sore eyes! Finally we get it together, stand together, and rise up .. together. Thank you for posting these pictures. I’m so proud of everyone right now …

148.

Judah
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Does this negro Mos Def have on a T-shirt that says that “Hip Hop is bigger than the Government”? Lmao, Alright brother.

THE SHIRT “SHOULD” HAVE SAID, “WHERE IS HIP HOP?” i’m just sayin…

shout out to mos def and bun b for representing their weak ass comrades!!!

I WORE BLACK TODAY I EVEN MADE SURE MY MUM WORE BLACK CLOTHING I DIDNT REALLY SEE ALOT OF PEOPLE WEARING BLACK I THINK HALF OF THEM WERE WEARING BLACK JUST BECAUSE :^ \

SUPPORT JENA 6

I am so happy and proud of this. I was just watching CNN and the reporter said that there has not been one arrest and that everything has been peaceful all day. This march is bigger then JENA 6, it’s about injustices for blacks all over America. Think about it, had Jena 6 not become a national news, those people would have thought it was okay to take away 6 young mens lives by putting them away for 20+ years because of a highschool fight. Yet there was a black boy that was hit in the head by a white boy with a bottle and there were no charges filed…. there was a black boy that was jumped as well at an all white party, no charges were filed…. there was a white guy that pulled out a gun on some black kid in his store and when the black kid wrestled him to get the gun out his hands (and succeeded) that kid was charged with robbery! This is a serious issue. Some people from this town say that this is not a “race” thing, but the proof is in the pudding. Prove to America that this is not a “race issue”!! When I was reading the CNN website about whats going on today in JENA, there was a comment left by a woman from a different country that said this:

“Why did the black students have to get permission to sit under a tree? Is that really the freedom that your country promotes globally? FYI- the rest of the world does not distinguish the color of a TREE!!!! We are not that stupid”.

Another person from a different part of the world stated:

“The world is watching this. Americans need to wake- up and realize that there is a major problem. How racist, ignorant and blind can people be? Instead of fixing another country, fix your own”.

Sighs….SMH, these qoutes are sad, but so true.

Ya’ll sho is pretty!

ummm I’m rocking BLACK PANTS………that counts right??

sorry hehe..

@ Sade

You hyped up huh sis? Lol.

@ Iamdarkaqua

My thing to is, this is not a hip-hop issue. This is a black issue. Some of these rappers are trying to turn hip hop into a religion and it only exposes their stupidity.

I WORE BLACK, AND ALSO POSTED A BULLETIN ABOUT THE JENA 6 ON MYSPACE ( BELEIVE IT OR NOT, BUT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON ).
LETS RIDE THIS OUT TO THE END, AND SUPPORT THE JENA 6.

Heey im over here in canada and i always get upset with racism.. it bothers me alot.. and when I heard the Jena6 story i got mad, So i wore my black today

FREE JENA6!!!!!!!!

I wore all black today. It was nice to see a lot of neighborhood girls/guys I past by (Jamaica Queens) who had black shirts on too.

Man this is a BEAUTIFUL THING! POWER TO THE PEOPLE..So sad that it’s taking this to get us to unite…O well one step at a time! God bless us

i have to agree with an earlier post i read. where are the other hip hop and r&b figures coming to support? why was iman’s husband the only one who contributed monetary to get bail money? where is jay-z? diddy? fiddy? kanye? beyonce? russell simmons?

big ups to bun b and mos def!

i wore my black today and i also participated at a rally today at my university, Loyola Marymount University. I actually felt that i was making a difference by helping others. It is great to come together as a whole not just by race but as human beings and support each other.

I love all the black power today, I wore my play today! So many people went down to Jena, I wish I could’ve gone but I’m in high school Very few black people wore black today in my high school in support of the Jena 6 today It was funny because the people I saw wear black all the time didn’t wear it today?!?!?! Most people didn’t even know what I was talking about, nobody’s really socially conscious down here, losers! I know that justice for the Jena 6, DA, and those white kids that hung the noose and attempted to shoot them will find justice IMMEDIATELY!

I am so pround of my black people there was a rally today at chicago state university today. if i didn’t have to work i would have been there.

161.
Judah
Thursday, September 20, 2007

@ Iamdarkaqua

My thing to is, this is not a hip-hop issue. This is a black issue. Some of these rappers are trying to turn hip hop into a religion and it only exposes their stupidity.

Judah PLEASE believe I know its bigger than those katz, BUT what bothers me is they don’t stand for SHIT!!! If they think it will screw up their “image” or “money” than they remain silent. This isn’t the first time either….ALOT of these damn artists are getting on my nerves now. Selling out all kinds of wack products for fans/consumers to buy, but never really give back. Like you can tell the ones just doing shit for a tax write off and the ones that really cares!!!!

Love it…they were expectin some shyt to go down and it was nothin but positive energy!

I was sooooo rockin’ my all black today in support. End Racial Injustice, Now!!!

i wore my free the jena 6 shirt today…..

Damn…I am looking at these pictures and almost shedding tears at the black unity!

We need to stick together, not onlu under bad situation, but 100% of the time.

Black is powerful and beautiful!

Now, if only we could get some light on Dunbar Village.

It’s Good To See So Much Support For The Jena 6 From All Races BUT sad to see so many black people my age or older not know what is going on.

Its Beautiful To The CL Readers Showing Love and Support By Wearing Black For The Jena 6

Peace
Z.Davi

ps angel you got me next to bun b…thats whats up

Great Post! and Great use of your entertainment blog! It’s nice to have an interuption in our regularly scheduled programming for something like this. Good work CL and CL readers.

@ 175 and yes, let keep this momemtum going for the victims in Dunbar and all th other nameless faceless black people who are victimized by inempt policing and an injust judiciary system.

Judah, you have no idea how hyped I am now!

I enjoy being Black!!! I support them!

At least now SOME people are getting it & WAKING UP, if nothing else!

@ #52

All Al Sharpton was there as well.

Nation of Islam was at the Rally (without Farrakhan who sent someone to speak on his behalf)

Clips are posted on various new related sites.

Ok now where is all of our entertainers who are supposed to be role models? I havent heard about any of them supporting the Jena 6, or wearing black. What a shame. Also I really hope oprah really steps up her game. But today was a very proud moment in history, shoot i will no be suprised when they make a movie about this, yall know its coming!!! lol

Very good look black people……very good look.

kind

I wore black today! Well the black that I had. I wish I could have bought a jena 6 shirt. I’m like so happy man. I love to see black ppl come together. Thats whats up. Thank you to all the Jena 6 supporters! But u kno what, its sad that it takes stuff like this for SOME of us to come together. Alot of of still don’t care.

omg i so support this!!!

Ugghhhh @ 181. We doing this because of injustice. You idiot, your comment shows me just how close-off and unreality based your mind is. So because you see whole lot of black people protesting, that means we coming down there to beat and steal, Shut your ignorant ass up. Its people like you who need a f*cking clock to the head so you can wake up and smell the damn coffee. Even though slavery so-called ended about 2 centuries ago, sh*t like this shows that it’s not over. Damn civil war didnt solve sh*t. That’s why it took my ancestors another damn century and more to get where they are today. And Black people still have got such a long way to go. Damn, you are soooo brainwashed, its not even funny. I bet you’re just scared because black people fighting for something that’s not right and we not gonna let some pig skinned people think they are gonna continue to get away with their madness. F*ck that, we standing up, whether your punk scared ass like it or not.

Wow, Angel, that was fast as hell, you already deleted the comment. Got me looking like a fool typing to noone. The current person @ #181, my comment was so not directed towards you.

i mos def wore my black and made everyone else i know wear it too!!!

NOW THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE, MY BLACK PEOPLE REPRESENTIN….LET’S KEEP THIS UP

Angel, please do concreteloopers and the world a favor and delete the idiot’s (#181) comment. So ignorant.

#181 People like you are the reason for the march in Jenna. You are the reason minorities are still marching and fighting for justice and equality to this very day!

Comment deleted…and rightfully so.

Thanks, Angel

I didn’t have any black because my grandma didn’t allow me to wear it because it was too hot but I repped the Jena 6 all day.

Everyone looks so nice in their black today! Thank you CONCRETELOOP for staying on this story. This is an entertaining website that is sociallly conscious when it needs to be. I didn’t know concreteloop had so many readers so this was nice to see. FREE JENA SIX!!

My sister and I wore our black today. I didn’t see that many other people wearing black in my area. I guess they didn’t get the memo.

I think this was the most ridiculous case ever! I’m a freshman in college @ LSU now my senior year @ my hs which was like ridiculously bad we made the national news like 15 times i attended skyline hs in oakland,ca…the last day of skool my junior year we had a black & mexican race riot the skool was on lock down and the S.W.A.T team came it was ridiculous there we’re an average of 3-5 fights a day on average if it we’re @ my skool the whole skool would be in jail…damn im just like 1 down 5 to go

Wow CL! Thanks so much for really putting effort into following the Jena 6! You’re one of the few to actually keep up with us in Louisiana! We definitely appreciate the support! Thanks for posting our support pics as well!!!

Free Jena 6!

Sherrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kETRhJNKhm4

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CNN did a 1 hour segment on the Jena 6. It was very interesting to see a lot of facts about this whole situation get much needed attention.

I agree with #120

Yes this is about race, but not all people of are racist. Racism comes on many colors of individuals who are very ingorant of the human race.

i had my black on today and so did the rest of my family and friends no matter what color of skin this is beautiful how we can come together at times like this

i was definitely in all black….it was cool and weird all at the same time….i know the black is to show a unity and to show support, but it also in my opinion, looked like a nation in mourning with the all black gear…..racism is just ugly.

Thats what i’m talking about, REP JENA 6, cus I had my all black on today FAITHFULLY…FREE JENA 6!

im so overwhelmed, im almost in tears. ths is great, seeing all these people in black, and not all of them black. im in black too.. n i live all the way down under!!! im an avid reader of CL and if not for, i would have had no idea about the jena six.. good work angel. oh, im AFRICAN and proud. supporting all the way from australia….

Great job everyone…I’m raising money for the Jena Six Legal Defense Fund@ http://myrightmind.blogspot.com.

Stop by …give $2 or more and let’s stop these racists in the courthouse as well!

We have 5 more trials to go..

I attend Florida A&M University and everyone had on their black today. A group even traveled by bus to N.O. If it weren’t for work I would have been driving that bad boy!

PAY ATTENTION BLACK PEOPLE! WE MADE MAJOR MOVES TODAY….OUR UNITY AND KNOWLEDGE CAN CHANGE THE WAY THE WORLD LOOKS AT US!!!
Stay Gold,
Jette

I don’t care what NOBODY says from here on. We can come together, We CAN work together we can make a difference.

big up to Mos Def and Bun B for representing down there.

We need a single guys! Give more people a way to FINANCIALLY support! peace

just an interesting fact for all African Americans in the United States
Slavery started in 1619
Slavery ended in 1865

That means slavery lasted for 246 years
If you calculate the time from the end of slavery until the present time you will find it to be 142 years

years slavery lasted > years we’ve had freedom

so we havent been free as much as we’ve been bound…time wise

This IS NOT a civil rights issue.It’s a case of six young kids getting STUPID.Somebody throws a hangmans noose up & that’s justification to damn near KILL some kid.Not seeing the justification.Way to go CL…willfully ignoring the facts to play up to peoples’ misplaced anger.Jesse Jackson must be proud.

I wore my black shirt today even though it was hot as ever,people at my high school wore there black shirts also, even some of the white people, it filled my heart with joy seeing black people come together without acting out or starting fights, said by my bishop so it is true over thousands of black people can be in on place and no one started a fight, God is good. My bishop and people from my church went on a bus load to support jena six but i couldnt go because i had school. anyways what up Bun B, repping Houston. God Bless everyone who went out to support those kids and most of the people couldnt point out the jena six if they walked right passed them. That was a wonderful thing to see.

wow am very excited to see the many supporters of our people i too wore all blk, as did all my friends, too bad i didnt have my camera, QUESTION****what state did all the pics come from very interested in getting a hold of the light skin brotha with the louis purse, id wife you, where do i find you! Keep supporting the cause!

@ 210.

How about you google Jena 6. Get the facts and come back and comment. Don’t go off what you heard off of FOX News or some other bull shit media outlet. Get the facts. Obviously you don’t know the full story, so you’re just a waste of space.

ANYWAY…

MUCH LOVE TO EVERYONE WHO SENT IN PHOTOS. This really made our day and the whole CL Crew will make sure to keep you guys updated on this CIVIL RIGHTS issue.

I love that my black people came together, even saw some white people rocking all blk and it brought me so much joy! Now to # 212 you are right, how does he have longer hair and a better bag than me!? He’s beautiful! you should find out if thats his man before you start trouble up in here lol……..

I have one thing to share from the rally I was at. We talk about the “old heads” MKL, Malcolm X, Jesse Jackson, etc but we forget that the older group is not the ones who are going to fight this battle for us, it’s got to be the younger group doing the leg work and rallying. A young man brought it up in the rally and he’s right. Who’s the leaders of our generation and it’s a different racist battle. It’s not the same one fought during the 60’s Civil Rights Movement, this is a different beast. And to fight this beast we have to attack it differently.

I was proud to see a lot of young kids there, they were representing for themselves and their high schools.

Get involve, I refuse to be a number count on the Jena 6band-wagon.

#210 do your OWN research about this topic BEFORE you make your oblivious comments
like angel said you’re a waste of space!!

@ 210 sit your ass down somewhere . FYI the so called “victim ” was at a damn social event the same day after the gave him that well deserved ass whoopin . So, how did they almost kill him ?

It’s good to see my brothers and sisters of all races come together for this cause! Lets not wait til something bad happens or an in justice. Much love to all!

To Mr. Jonathon Jakes, the lite skin brotha as you put it is actually latino, and he’s already taken, I’m his future husband, he’s everything I’ve been looking for in my PAST, I met him in the PRESENT, and I’ll be marrying him in my FUTURE. I love everthing about him, he makes me smile morning, noon and nite! When he’s away for more than an hour, I feel lost and i’m consently thinking about him! HE IS MY BEGINNING AND MY END and I love him from the TOP of his Sexy HEAD to the BOTTOM of his Sexy! When we are home I watch him for hours and I never loose that twinkle in my EYE for HIM.

To Ms. MZALIZAE, thanks for the LOVE that you are showing my BABY, his been growing his hair for two year now and YES it is all his, I should know cuz I run my fingers thru his hair everytime I see him and yes isn’t he so sexy with his purse, he rocks a different one everyday! But that’s not his MAN in the picture they are just best friends! Thanks for keeping Mr. Jonathon out of trouble.

I’m crying looking at all these pics of us blacks united!

This is so wonderful. Lets keep it up people this the beginning of a new revolution!!! I see you Monique from GSU (extra beat) lol Tiger pride.

This is some Crazy sh**. It’s really unbelievable. Racism still exist and this is why we as a people will never advance. Too much division for the wrong reasons too much hate. I pray for the world I really do.

Today as thousands of pairs of feet pound the pavement of Jena Louisiana we hope for the acknowledgement of injustice.
I have not really touched on this subject that I have been following since last November when I heard about it.
Even as it has started to get more media attention I haven’t covered it.

The reason for that is because there are so many complex layers to this case. It has been such an emotional and heart piercing topic for me.
Race is only part of it. There is so much background information in this case that is inclusive of other fights, school house taunts,previous records, a double gaged shot gun pulled on black teenagers at a gas station, and the list goes on.
Today those feet not only march for racial justice but for the rights of all those who are experiencing cases like Jena 6 in all the nooks and crannies of America. It brings tears to my eyes to even think that the same place that is supposed to protect and empower your child with a tool called education allowed various occurrences to happen on campus to endanger a child’s entire existence. This is about airing dirty laundry and exposing our beloved country’s downfalls and flaws.
For members of the Jena community to be in the media saying ” I don’t see anything wrong with what is going on,” explains the mirrored thoughts of many more communities then we think right in the good ole home of the Red White and Blue.
It is awesome to see that we can come together to stand for something that is right. For a child of any race or color to get in a school yard fight and be looking at 20-80 years in jail is absolutely insane.
Be active and consciously aware of how our daily actions in the way we treat others can greatly affect the future generations and the role they decide to play or not to play. Those who are marching parents and grandparents were not afraid to march and stand up for that which was right and was able to give us the ability to have more options in our life then they did.

It is time for that tree in Jena and all the symbolic trees of inequality to COME DOWN. This can only happen if we make it happen.

The options of our sons and daughters will be dependant on what we are willing to sacrifice, what we are willing to stand for and what knowledge that we instill in them to oust the ignorance that can be perpetuated by systems in place, people in charge or those whose parents who have socially failed to provide a basic structure of morals and values in their offspring. Will those beliefs that you have instilled in your child make them put up or tear down trees in their future?

great pics everybody

Aww this is such a beautiful thing I wore my black yesterday! its good to see everyone unite like this!

I WORE BLACK!