Ashton Jones
Encyclopedia
Ashton Bryan Jones was an American
Quaker minister active from the 1930s to 1970s as an advocate of Civil Rights for African Americans in the United States. Though White and from the deeply segregated
state of Georgia
, Jones was arrested dozens of times throughout the American South for preaching equality between all people. He was a close associate of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Quaker minister active from the 1930s to 1970s as an advocate of Civil Rights for African Americans in the United States. Though White and from the deeply segregated
Racial segregation in the United States
Racial segregation in the United States, as a general term, included the racial segregation or hypersegregation of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines...
state of Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, Jones was arrested dozens of times throughout the American South for preaching equality between all people. He was a close associate of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.