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'''Resting place''':<br>

'''Resting place''':<br>

Sheppard Street Cemetery in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana

Sheppard Street Cemetery in [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana

| religion=[[Baptist]]

| religion=Greater King David [[Baptist]] Church in Baton Rouge

| alma_mater=Webster High School (Minden)​

| alma_mater=Webster High School (Minden)​

Southern University<br>

Southern University<br>

'''Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.''' (June 17, 1924 &ndash; May 14, 2001), was an [[African-American]] [[attorney]]] and [[educator]] from [[Shreveport]],  [[Louisiana]], who broke past color barriers in state [[government]].​<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181535534/jesse-nealand-stone|title=Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref>

'''Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.''' (June 17, 1924 &ndash; May 14, 2001), was an [[African-American]] [[attorney]]] and [[educator]] from [[Shreveport]],  [[Louisiana]], who broke past color barriers in state [[government]].​<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181535534/jesse-nealand-stone|title=Jesse Nealand Stone, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 11, 2020}}</ref>

==Biography==​

==Biography==

A native of [[rural]] Gibsland in Bienville Parish, Stone was a son of Jesse, Sr., and the former Ola Walker. He graduated from the defunct Webster High School in nearby [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref name=findagrave/> In 1950, Stone was in the first ever graduating class of the historically black Southern University Law Center, an institution established in 1947 in [[Baton Rouge]].

A native of [[rural]] Gibsland in Bienville Parish, Stone was a son of Jesse, Sr., and the former Ola Walker. He graduated from the defunct Webster High School in nearby [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref name=findagrave/> In 1950, Stone was in the first ever graduating class of the historically black Southern University Law Center, an institution established in 1947 in [[Baton Rouge]].

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sulc.edu/about/history.htm|title=Southern University Law Center|publisher=sulc.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> For a time, he was the only black attorney in Shreveport,<ref name=stone>"Jesse N. Stone, Noted Louisiana Lawyer And Educator, Dies At 76," ''Jet Magazine,'' May 2001.</ref> much as [[Louis Berry]] had filled that role in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.​<ref name=findagrave/>

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sulc.edu/about/history.htm|title=Southern University Law Center|publisher=sulc.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> For a time, he was the only black attorney in Shreveport,<ref name=stone>"Jesse N. Stone, Noted Louisiana Lawyer And Educator, Dies At 76," ''Jet Magazine,'' May 2001.</ref> much as [[Louis Berry]] had filled that role in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana.​<ref name=findagrave/>

 

During the [[civil rights]] movement, Stone, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]],  was affiliated with the [[NAACP]] and worked as well through the [[Congress of Racial Equality]], founded in [[Chicago]] in 1942 by [[James Farmer, Jr.]], and the newer [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]], established in 1960 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], by the Reverend [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] During the 1960s, Stone was active in the [[Segregation|desegregation]] of the public schools in Caddo Parish.<ref name=stone/>​

During the [[civil rights]] movement, Stone, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]],  was affiliated with the [[NAACP]] and worked as well through the [[Congress of Racial Equality]], founded in [[Chicago]] in 1942 by [[James Farmer, Jr.]], and the newer [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]], established in 1960 in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], by the Reverend [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] During the 1960s, Stone was active in the [[Segregation|desegregation]] of the public schools in Caddo Parish.<ref name=stone/>​

 

Stone rose to state prominence during the administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], having filled the positions of associate director of the Louisiana Commission on Human Relations, Rights and Responsibilities and as the assistant state superintendent of education<ref name=stone/> under [[Bill Dodd]].​

Stone rose to state prominence during the administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]], having filled the positions of associate director of the Louisiana Commission on Human Relations, Rights and Responsibilities and as the assistant state superintendent of education<ref name=stone/> under [[Bill Dodd]].​

 

In 1971, Stone became dean of his ''alma mater,'' the Southern University Law Center. From 1972 to 1974, he was an appointed associate justice of the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]] during the administration of Governor [[Edwin Edwards]].  On July 1, 1974, he returned to the Southern University System to serve as its fourth president, a position that he retained until 1985.<ref name=stone/> After leaving the presidency, Stone became a law professor at the center but retired in 1986. Thereafter, he was a member of the Southern Board of Supervisors from 1991 to 1995.<ref name=sus>{{cite web|url=http://www.susla.edu/administration/Pages/Stone.aspx​

In 1971, Stone became dean of his ''alma mater,'' the Southern University Law Center. From 1972 to 1974, he was an appointed associate justice of the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]] during the administration of Governor [[Edwin Edwards]].  On July 1, 1974, he returned to the Southern University System to serve as its fourth president, a position that he retained until 1985.<ref name=stone/> After leaving the presidency, Stone became a law professor at the center but retired in 1986. Thereafter, he was a member of the Southern Board of Supervisors from 1991 to 1995.<ref name=sus>{{cite web|url=http://www.susla.edu/administration/Pages/Stone.aspx​

|title=Jesse N. Stone Lecture hall|publisher=susla.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>​

|title=Jesse N. Stone Lecture hall|publisher=susla.edu|accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref>​

 

Stone died in Shreveport of a long illness thirty-four days before his 77th birthday. Survivors included his wife, the former Willa Dean Anderson (born c. 1928), and a daughter, Shonda Deann Stone Williams (born March 10, 1963), a Shreveport attorney and [[judge]].  ​He is interred at Sheppard Street Cemetery, an historically black resting place across from the Webster Parish School Board office in Minden.<ref name.

Stone died in Shreveport of a long illness thirty-four days before his 77th birthday. Survivors included his wife, the former Willa Dean Anderson (born c. 1928), and a daughter, Shonda Deann Stone Williams (born March 10, 1963), a Shreveport attorney and [[judge]].  ​He is interred at Sheppard Street Cemetery, an historically black resting place across from the Webster Parish School Board office in Minden.<ref name.

In 1990, Stone was the first inductee of the Southern University Law Center "Hall of Fame." In 1998, a professorship was endowed in Stone's honor. The Jesse N. Stone Lecture Hall on the campus of Southern University at Shreveport  is named in his honor. A video conferencing room inside Stone Hall is named for former [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], also of Shreveport.<ref name=sus/> ​

In 1990, Stone was the first inductee of the Southern University Law Center "Hall of Fame." In 1998, a professorship was endowed in Stone's honor. The Jesse N. Stone Lecture Hall on the campus of Southern University at Shreveport  is named in his honor. A video conferencing room inside Stone Hall is named for former [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], also of Shreveport.<ref name=sus/>

 

Stone's tenure over the Southern University system coincided with that of [[F. Jay Taylor]] of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], also a native of Gibsland, who was a year older than Stone.​

Stone's tenure over the Southern University system coincided with that of [[F. Jay Taylor]] of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], also a native of Gibsland, who was a year older than Stone.​

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