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:For the [[Kentucky]] Baptist clergyman, see ''[[James Edward Jones]]''
'''Ernest Edward Jones, Sr.''', known as '''E. Edward Jones''' (May 3, 1931 – June 9, 2016), was an [[African American]] pastor and civic leader from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was active in the [[civil rights]] movement during the 1950s and the 1960s. For fifty-seven years he was the pastor of the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, from which civil rights and voting rights marches originated. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], spoke at Jones' church.
'''Ernest Edward Jones, Sr.''', known as '''E. Edward Jones''' (May 3, 1931 – June 9, 2016), was an [[African American]] pastor and civic leader from [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was active in the [[civil rights]] movement during the 1950s and the 1960s. For fifty-seven years he was the pastor of the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, from which civil rights and voting rights marches originated. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], spoke at Jones' church.