William Augustus Jones Jr.

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William Augustus Jones Jr. (February 24, 1934 – February 4, 2006) was an

African-American Minister and Civil Rights
leader.

Biography

William Augustus Jones Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Mary Elisabeth Jones and William Augustus Jones Sr. His life was considered to began as a medical miracle. It was said that he was not expected to be born alive because of a traumatic childbirth. Jones reflecting upon the story of his birth once said: "All of my days have been lived with the feeling that Divine Providence has upheld, sustained and directed my destiny."[citation needed]

Jones graduated with honors in

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.

As a young Minister, Jones was taught by BG Crawley, who was his pioneer and known as "The Walking Encyclopedia" to Baptist Ministers across the nation. Crawley was a Judge and founder of Little Zion Baptist Church of Brooklyn, New York.[citation needed]

Jones joined Martin Luther King Jr. in 1961, splitting from conservative

Pentecostal minister at the time, was introduced to Jones. F. D. Washington. Jones became a mentor to Sharpton, and eventually Sharpton became part of the Baptist denomination.[3]

For 43 years, Jones served as minister at Bethany Baptist, a 5,000-member church in the

Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and hosted a syndicated weekly radio program called Bethany Hour. The Bethany Hour was also broadcast weekly on the syndicated Family Radio program hosted by the late Harold Camping. In 1979, Jones published a book entitled God in the Ghetto.[4]

See also

Jennifer Jones Austin - Daughter

References

  1. ^ Martin, Douglas (8 February 2006). "The Rev. William A. Jones, Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 71". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. 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.

Sources

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