Johnnie Jones (lawyer)
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. This was a precursor to the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama.
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 | |
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| 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 |
| Alma mater | Southern University |
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Jones was the second African American U.S. Army warrant officer. 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.
Jones served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976.
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