Virtual Book Club: Answering The Call
Tue, Apr 05
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The event features Judge Jones' daughter, Stephanie, who will share her perspective of the Judge's work and also as a father who inspired his children and so many others. JOIN: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82507528316
Time & Location
Apr 05, 2022, 7:00 PM EDT
TBD
About the event
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An American attorney, judge, and law professor, Jones was born in the Smoky Hollow section of Youngstown to parents who had moved to Ohio to ensure a better life for their children. Jones realized his parents’ dreams, and devoted his life to ensuring that future generations of African Americans would enjoy the full protection and privileges of the United States Constitution.
As general counsel for the NAACP, Jones fought to end segregation in the schools and military and to preserve civil rights legislation. He made history as the first African-American U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and as counsel to the Kerner Commission, which infamously concluded that America was moving toward two societies, one white and one Black, that were separate and unequal. President Jimmy Carter appointed Jones as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which is the federal appeals…