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SHARPTON, CONYERS MEET WITH JENA 6 MOTHER ON CAPITOL HILL

Melissa Bell greets members of Congress as Rev. Al Sharpton and Rep. John Conyers, D-MI, look on at the beginning of a meeting with on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 25, 2007. Melissa Bell's son Mychal Bell, one of the Jena Six, is charged with the beating of a white classmate. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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