Rapper Mos Def yesterday achieved moderate success with his National Student Walkout, a protest in support of the previously mentioned Jena 6, six black teenagers who were allegedly unfairly treated by the Louisiana courts after being accused of beating up a white teenager after growing racial tensions in the US town of Jena.
Def's rallying cry saw students protesting in a number of locations, including Washington and Colorado, joining rappers Common, M1, Cynthia Mckinney, as well as organisations like Malcolm X Grassroots, the National Hip Hop Political Convention and The Hip Hop Association, who also took part.
Speaking before the walk-out, Def said: "This is the time for black people to support the Jena 6, and call attention to the unequal treatment the criminal Justice system is dishing out not only in Jena Louisiana but across this nation. We all live in Jena".
The protests are aimed at forcing the authorities to reconsider the case, more details on which are at http://www.mxgm.org