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==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 (1914-1998) 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​

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