William Augustus Jones Jr.




"William Augustus Jones" redirects here. For the American football player, see Dub Jones (American football).

William Augustus Jones Jr. (February 24, 1934 – February 4, 2006) was an African-American minister and civil rights leader.



Biography


Jones was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Mary Elisabeth Jones and William Augustus Jones Sr. His life began as medical miracle, since he was not expected to be born alive because of a traumatic childbirth. Reflecting upon the story of his birth, Jones once said: "All of my days have been lived with the feeling that divine providence has upheld, sustained and directed my destiny."


He graduated with honors in sociology from the University of Kentucky, though he could not play basketball because blacks were then barred from the team.[1] He went on to earn a doctorate from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. While studying at Crozer, Jones worshiped at the Calvary Baptist Church and became known as one of the "Sons of Calvary" along with Martin Luther King Jr. and Samuel D. Proctor who all went on to become well known preachers in the black church.[2] He enlisted in the United States Army in 1954 as a private and was discharged in 1956 as a first lieutenant.


He joined King in 1961 to split from conservative Baptists and form the Progressive National Baptist Convention. He was known for his outspokenness, making controversial statements and being involved in controversial causes in the New York City area. In the 1960s, he was introduced to the preacher Al Sharpton by the Pentecostal minister F. D. Washington. Jones became a mentor to Sharpton and eventually converted him to the Baptist denomination.[3]


He had a 5,000-member church in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn and hosted a syndicated weekly radio program called Bethany Hour. In 1979, he published a book entitled God in the Ghetto.[4]


Jones is interred at the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky.[5]



References





  1. ^ Martin, Douglas (8 February 2006). "The Rev. William A. Jones, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 71". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-05-05..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Baldwin, Lewis V. (1991). There is a Balm in Gilead: The Cultural Roots of Martin Luther King, Jr. Minneapolis: Fortress Publishing. p. 167. ISBN 0-8006-2457-2. Retrieved 5 July 2018.


  3. ^ Interview with Al Sharpton, David Shankbone, Wikinews, December 3, 2007.


  4. ^ William A. Jones Jr., God in the Ghetto. Elgin, Illinois: Progressive Baptist Publishing House, 1979.


  5. ^ "Rev William Augustus Jones Jr". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.




Sources


  • The life and ministry of William Augustus Jones Jr. as recounted in part by Jones in his Spiritual Autobiography, 1972.









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