Jerrauld C. Jones
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An appreciation: Jerrauld C. Jones, by Roger Chesley
Jerrauld Jones’ speech about the Confederate flag on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates in January 1999 displayed an oratory so gut-wrenching, so authentic, that he swayed opposing delegates to his side.
Civil rights, legal trailblazer Jerrauld C. Jones dies at 70
Jerrauld C. Jones began making history before his 10th birthday, becoming one of the first Black students to integrate Ingleside Elementary School in Norfolk in 1961. It was the start of a lifetime of breaking barriers in Virginia’s courts and legislature that extended his family’s civil rights legacy and served the Commonwealth for more than four decades. Jones, who went on to become the Virginia Supreme Court’s first Black law clerk, a state delegate and a Norfolk Circuit Court judge, died Saturday, May 31, 2925, at age 70.
