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Nooses, white sheets and a lot of intimidation of people you do not agree with?
DeMint says Tea Party activists leading spiritual revival 2010
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Maybe cracka joke aboout Obama running away from Nooses hanging from a Tree like the KKK used?
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Nooses had been hung from a schoolyard tree where the black students had sat.
Jena: 6 you should care about Dan 2007
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Nooses had been hung from a schoolyard tree where the black students had sat.
Archive 2007-09-01 Dan 2007
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Nooses appeared in a tree at a high school in Jena, LA -- called "the White Tree" because only white students traditionally sat under it -- after black students asked to sit under it, sparking violence between black and white students, and criminal charges against black students that drew more than 10,000 people to Jena, to protest what they felt were unjust sentences.
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CHETRY: Nooses have turned up at police stations and college campuses during the past year.
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Nooses were hung from its branches last year after six black students sought to join white students sitting under its shade, turning it into a symbol of racial hatred and bigotry.
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Nooses are known the world over as being friendly symbols of jest.
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Injustice in Jena as Nooses Hang from the "White Tree"'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'All white jury sitting before white judge agrees with white prosecutor and all white witnesses and convicts black youth in racially charged high school criminal case.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Injustice in Jena as Nooses Hang from the "White Tree" 2007
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Nooses by Archie on Thursday, Oct 11, 2007 at 12: 26: 34 AM
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