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| Photo by Elliot Stoller |
Mightier than the sword. But what about the people?
In town on Nov. 10, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney took the podium at New Hope Baptist Church to give a fiery talk entitled “Free the Jena Six.” With a pen as prop, she made reference to a comment made by Louisiana District attorney, Reed Walters, who said of the Jena Six, “With a stroke of my pen, I can make your lives disappear.” McKinney, who is considered a potential Green Party presidential candiate for 2008, implored the crowd of close to 100 to create a national movement to confront racism and other forms of division that undermine democracy:“We know that Jena Six is just the tip of the iceberg of what is happening in our country.” |
