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Patrice E. Jones is an American educator,
Jones is the descendent of Mississippi Supreme Court justice Ephraim G. Peyton and a woman enslaved by him. She is an advocate for reparations for slavery in the United States. She advocates for reparations for Black people on TikTok and was featured on Dr. Phil, where she talked about how reparations helped her family. She is a trustee of Handy Heights, her family's 116-acre farm in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, which was given to her formerly enslaved great-great-grandmother from her white father. Jones documents her historic preservation projects at Handy Heights on her TikTok account, which has received millions of views.
Family
Jones is the daughter of
Education and career
Jones earned a Bachelor of Arts in English language and literature from the
Jones became a trustee of Handy Heights in 2020, a role she shares with two other family members.[2] She has worked on renovating her great-grandparents' house at Handy Heights, the largest of the buildings on the property.[2] The other three houses on the property, craftsman-style homes, built in the early 1900s, were used by Jones's great-uncles, who lived at Handy Heights until the 1980s.[2]
As of 2024, Jones has over 111,000 followers on TikTok under the username @thecreoleo.[8] She posts about her family history, her activism work for civil rights and reparations, and her renovation and historic preservation projects on her social media accounts.[2] She has received millions of views on her videos about Handy Heights.[2]
She advocates for reparations for black people.[9] In April 2023, Jones was interviewed by Phil McGraw on the talk show Dr. Phil to discuss reparations and how owning land helped members of her family produce income and receive education.[10]
Patrice has been represented by the FT45 modeling agency since 2017.[11]
References
- ^ Winston, Connie (February 2004). "Tisch Jones: Mama Inanna Re-Incarnated". Black Masks. 16: 7–8, 15 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ockerman, Emma. "How one Black family got its 40 acres — and turned them into intergenerational success". MarketWatch. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Texas Archival Resources Online". txarchives.org. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Handy, Sr., Dr. William Talbot". www.la-umc.org. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi". Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Handy Heights". Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ Jones, Patrice (6 August 2018). ""Reading Alice Dunbar-Nelson Through the Eyes of a Creole" by Patrice E. Jones". Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Patrice E. Jones (@thecreoleo)". TikTok. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Patrice discusses Handy Heights and Reparations on Dr. Phil – Handy Heights". Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "She's A Descendant of A Slave and A Slave Owner". Retrieved 4 May 2023 – via www.youtube.com.""Should We Allow Reparations to Black Americans?"". Dr. Phil. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "FT45 Women Patrice J". Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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