Louisiana Civil Rights Activist Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison
Submitted on June 11, 2011
By Jordan Flaherty - June 11th, 2011
On June 1...civil rights activist Catrina Wallace was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. This was a first arrest for Wallace, a single mother who became politically active when her brother was arrested in the case that later became known as the “Jena Six.” Wallace was part of a small group of family members and friends who built a movement that eventually brought 50,000 people to a September 2007 march in the small northern Louisiana town of Jena. The mass movement eventually led to freedom for the six young men...
