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==Background==
==Background==
Jones was born to the Reverend David Jesse Jones and the former Daisy Hatcher in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He received his [[high school]] diploma in 1948 from Beauregard Parish Training School and attended from 1948 to 1952 the historically black Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana.<ref name=ktbs/> There, he was a member of the varsity [[basketball]] team and the class president for all four years of his attendance. He received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[education]], taught school and served as a principal in his early years. In 1961, he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in religion and philosophy from the historically black Bishop College, then in Marshall, [[Texas]], which moved later that same year to [[Dallas]]. Jones held numerous honorary doctoral degrees. He was affiliated with the Delta Sigma chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha [[fraternity]] and was a member of the [[Masonic lodge]].<ref name=williamsinstitute/>
Jones was born to the Reverend David Jesse Jones and the former Daisy Hatcher in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana. He received his [[high school]] diploma in 1948 from Beauregard Parish Training School and attended from 1948 to 1952 the historically black Grambling State University in Grambling in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana.<ref name=ktbs/> There, he was a member of the varsity [[basketball]] team and the class president for all four years of his attendance. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in [[education]], taught school and served as a principal in his early years. In 1961, he received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in religion and philosophy from the historically black Bishop College, then in Marshall, [[Texas]], which moved later that same year to [[Dallas]]. Jones held numerous honorary doctoral degrees. He was affiliated with the Delta Sigma chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha [[fraternity]] and was a member of the Masonic lodge.<ref name=williamsinstitute/>
==Career and legacy==
==Career and legacy==