Note: I gathered this information from the internet and have not field checked it. Please keep this in mind if you plan to use it. Also, if you're from the area and notice a mistake, please let me know.
Most people online know the story of the Jena Six. Often, I'll make pages, blogs, etc. to try to clear up misinformation, but in this case, people have kept up fairly well with this.
Therefore, I'm going to make a page to show you just a few of the things about the area.
Jena High School is located at
243 East High School Dr, Jena, LA. The Mapquest link appears to be in the wrong spot- I'm pretty sure the high school is at the corner. Here's an aerial photo:
Now, here's a second version with some stuff labeled:
Here is what is labeled:
The red circle is drawn around the "white tree". Some internet sites, such as the wikipedia page, have another tree pictured that is very young
(although at least in the case of Wikipedia, they tell it's not the same tree).
The yellow arrow points at the front of the school, as pictured on the Jena High School web site.
Click here for a direct link. As I'm creating this page, the site is intact, but this building has burned and I expect
most or all of it will wind up being demolished. There are archived versions of the site; they're different than the
current site, but still have the picture in question.
The blue arrow shows the angle of two different photos. The first is here, showing the tree still
standing. Notice the school is burned in this picture. The second is here, showing the stump
where the tree was cut down.
The green line shows where the narrators of this youtube are walking. They were looking
for the tree; in actuality, they were looking right at where it stood.
Notice that the tree was pretty central to the school. This wasn't a tree that was off to the side- it was right in the middle of the courtyard. It's a shame that such a nice tree was
taken down, but seeing what has happened, I'd have taken it down too.
