Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Mythbusting in Jena, Louisiana

We have heard the sequence of events from the national media. Now let's get the skinny from a news reporter who lives in Jena, who works for a newspaper in Jena, and whose wife teaches at Jena High School. This column appears in the Christian Science Monitor.

The biggest surprise to me was finding out that the so-called "Whites-Only Tree" was anything but.

Good Day to You, Sir

1 comment:

The Vegas Art Guy said...

Wow,
Was I misinformed. Thanks for sharing. I may use this article in my honors social studies classes.