John Mellencamp Official Website
John Mellencamp releases song about Jena. The song's story is not strictly about the town of Jena or the specific incidents that occurred there, but of racism in America. Mellencamp's song opens, "An all-white jury hides the executioner's face; See how we are, me and you?" As he sings, images of Jena, the high school and the tree are followed by video from the 1960s, including civil rights marchers, police beatings, and President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King speaking. Still images include one of a protest sign reading, "God demands segregation," a stylized drawing of people in Ku Klux Klan robes and an older image of a black man in shackles, begging.
Use the link to hear the song.
