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==Background==

==Background==

The grandson of a [[slave]], Jones was born in [[Lake Charles]] in southwestern Louisiana. His father, John Sebastian Jones, was the first dean of historically black Southern University in [[Baton Rouge]],  from which Jones received his bachelor's degree. His mother, the former Marie Morrison, was a schoolteacher in Lake Charles.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/11/obituaries/ralph-we-jones-78-ex-head-of-grambling.html|title=Ralph W. E. Jones, Ex-Head of Grambling|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 11, 1982|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> Jones obtained a master's degree from [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. Though often addressed as "Doctor," Jones did not have an earned doctorate but honorary awards from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston and the University of Baltimore in [[Maryland]].<ref name=rwej>{{cite web|url=http://contentdm.auctr.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FGSBG&CISOPTR=125&DMSCALE=100.00000&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMOLDSCALE=9.97340&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&DMTHUMB=1&REC=18&DMROTATE=0&x=10&y=116|title=Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, "Then Sings My Soul, My Savior, God To Thee; How Great Thou Art, How Great Thou Art!"|publisher=contentdm.auctr.edu|accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref>

The grandson of a [[slave]], Jones was born in [[Lake Charles]] in southwestern Louisiana. His father, John Sebastian Jones, was the first dean of historically black Southern University in [[Baton Rouge]],  from which Jones received his bachelor's degree. His mother, the former Marie Morrison, was a schoolteacher in Lake Charles.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/11/obituaries/ralph-we-jones-78-ex-head-of-grambling.html|title=Ralph W. E. Jones, Ex-Head of Grambling|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=April 11, 1982|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> Jones obtained a master's degree from [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]]. Though often addressed as "Doctor," Jones did not have an earned doctorate but honorary awards from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in Ruston and the University of Baltimore in [[Maryland]].<ref name=rwej>{{cite web|url=http://contentdm.auctr.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2FGSBG&CISOPTR=125&DMSCALE=100.00000&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMOLDSCALE=9.97340&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&DMTHUMB=1&REC=18&DMROTATE=0&x=10&y=116|title=Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, "Then Sings My Soul, My Savior, God To Thee; How Great Thou Art, How Great Thou Art!"|publisher=contentdm.auctr.edu|accessdate=July 8, 2011; link no longer available on-line}}</ref>

==Grambling career==

==Grambling career==