http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/26/2007-09-26_rev_al_sharpton_says_hell_march_on_jena_-2.html

The Rev. Al Sharpton threatened to call another march on tiny Jena, La., yesterday as the parents of a jailed black teen took their fight to free him to the halls of Congress.

"If we got to go back with mass demonstrations, we will," Sharpton said after a meeting among black lawmakers, civil rights activists and the parents of Mychal Bell.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) promised to hold hearings next week on racial disparities under the law - including perhaps hauling in District Attorney Reed Walters to explain why he charged the "Jena 6" with attempted murder for punching and kicking a white classmate.

Conyers said he asked for FBI help in springing Bell, 17, who has been behind bars for 10 months and is being held without bail even though his conviction was vacated.

Sharpton, who is meeting with Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco today, wants the presidential hopefuls to get involved as well.

"We call on the candidates: Go to Jena," he said. "Because if you can't understand Jena, you can't understand us."

Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a desperate battle for the black vote, but neither has seized on the Jena issue - though it's the No. 1 topic of discussion on urban radio and around black dinner tables.

The events in Jena, which started with nooses in a school tree and ended with Bell's conviction by an all-white jury, led to a massive protest march through the small town last Thursday.