Johnnie A. Jones | |
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| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from East Baton Rouge Parish | |
| In office 1972–1976 Serving with Arthur F. Abadie, Richard Baker, Warren Davis Folkes, E. Clark Gaudin, Woody Jenkins, Kevin P. Reilly, Frank P. Simoneaux, Richard Turnley | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Johnnie Anderson Jones November 30, 1919 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 23, 2022 (aged 102) Jackson, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic[1] |
| Alma mater | Southern University |
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Johnnie Anderson Jones Sr. (November 30, 1919 – April 23, 2022) was an American politician, soldier, and civil rights attorney associated with the 1953 Baton Rouge bus boycott, the first anti-segregation bus boycott, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[2] This was a precursor to the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama.
Jones was the second African American U.S. Army warrant officer.[3][4] In 2021, he received a Purple Heart, 77 years after he was injured by shrapnel during Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion of Omaha Beach in World War II.[5][6][7]
Jones served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
memberguidewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hawkins, Jacques (December 2, 2020). "Honor Luncheon for Civil Rights Attorney Mr. Johnnie Jones, Sr." Build Baton Rouge.
- ^ Jones, Sr., Johnnie (2021). On the Road to Equality. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. p. 65.
- ^ a b COUVILLION, ELLYN (June 26, 2021). "WWII veteran-turned-civil rights lawyer from Baton Rouge awarded Purple Heart". The Advocate.
- ^ U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. "Johnnie Jones, civil rights icon, gets Purple Heart 77 years after World War II wounds: Instrumental in groundbreaking 1953 Baton Rouge bus boycott".
- ^ Matt Wake (June 27, 2021). "101-year-old World War II veteran finally receives Purple Heart". Stars and Stripes. AL.COM.
- ^ Brading, Thomas (April 28, 2021). "World War II veterans to receive Purple Hearts decades after war". U.S. Army News Service.