White Students Hang Nooses From 'White Tree' at Jena High School

At Jena High School in Jena, Louisiana, three white students hung nooses from a tree in the school courtyard, referred to by students as the 'white tree' because Black students rarely sat beneath it, after Black students asked the principal for permission to sit there. The students received three-day in-school suspensions. The principal recommended expulsion; the school board overruled him.