RALEIGH – As hundreds head from the Triangle to Louisiana to support the “Jena 6”, students at Shaw University organized a rally to show their support from home. Students said since they couldn't be there in person, they wanted to be there in spirit.

"The boys that hung up the nooses got a three-day, in-house suspension and the other boys got expelled from school,” said Katrina Braxton, a Shaw University student who helped organized the rally. “There's no justice in that, and we're just rallying for justice."

Students from schools across the Triangle joined the crowd's call for justice.

"To me, it’s important to show up in person as opposed to just reading about it in the newspaper,” said Adam Anglin, a student at N.C. State University. “I think most Americans are detached from things like this. They'll read about it or see it on television, and I wanted to show up in person, see it myself."

Adanna Omeni, a North Carolina Central University student, also joined the crowd.

“You would think we're above racism when it seems that we're not," she said.

The students marched several blocks around the school, lining up on the sidewalk to make their point to people who drove by. On the campus of a university that linked arms with the Civil Rights movement, students said they’re starting a movement of their own.

"We're not just going to let this happen,” Omeni said. “Equality and justice will prevail."

The rally also drew students from St. Augustine's, UNC Wilmington and Elizabeth City State University. At Duke University, students held a prayer vigil earlier in the day to support the Louisiana teens.