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Prez was one of the greatest men that I have ever met because he was right down here with you. He was a country boy himself, and he taught you everything. ... Prez knew where you came from and what you hadn't been exposed to ... He didn't impose upon you to do anything because he taught you what you were supposed to know. ... He would call us into meetings and talk to us like we were his children. He knew what his black people needed. ... He believed in taking you from where he found you and progressing from there. He would say "Don't tell me what you don't know. Just tell me that you want to learn." That's the kind of man Prez was. ....<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/41088013/The-Indigenous-Black-People-of-Monroe-Louisiana-And-the-Surrounding-Cities-Towns-and-Villages|author=James O. McHenry|title=The Indigenous Black People of Monroe, Louisiana and the Surrounding Cities, Towns, and Villages: A 100-Year Documentary|p. 100|publisher=Self-published, 2010: ISBN 978-1-4535-8859-8|accessdate=July 6, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>
 
Prez was one of the greatest men that I have ever met because he was right down here with you. He was a country boy himself, and he taught you everything. ... Prez knew where you came from and what you hadn't been exposed to ... He didn't impose upon you to do anything because he taught you what you were supposed to know. ... He would call us into meetings and talk to us like we were his children. He knew what his black people needed. ... He believed in taking you from where he found you and progressing from there. He would say "Don't tell me what you don't know. Just tell me that you want to learn." That's the kind of man Prez was. ....<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/41088013/The-Indigenous-Black-People-of-Monroe-Louisiana-And-the-Surrounding-Cities-Towns-and-Villages|author=James O. McHenry|title=The Indigenous Black People of Monroe, Louisiana and the Surrounding Cities, Towns, and Villages: A 100-Year Documentary|p. 100|publisher=Self-published, 2010: ISBN 978-1-4535-8859-8|accessdate=July 6, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>
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In May 2011, the Grambling baseball stadium was named in Jones's honor. On July 3, 2011, Jones was posthumously inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in [[Lubbock]], Lubbock]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsutigers.com/news/2011/6/25/BB_0625115818.aspx|title=
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In May 2011, the Grambling baseball stadium was named in Jones's honor. On July 3, 2011, Jones was posthumously inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in [[Lubbock]], Lubbock]], [[Texas]].<ref>"Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones to be Inducted into College Baseball Hall of Fame," gsutigers.com, June 25, 2011.</ref>
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones to be Inducted into College Baseball Hall of Fame|publisher=gsutigers.com|date= June 25, 2011|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>
      
In addition to the baseball stadium, R.W.E. Jones Drive in Grambling is named in his honor.
 
In addition to the baseball stadium, R.W.E. Jones Drive in Grambling is named in his honor.
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