James O. Jones
1943-2019
Former Director of the Arkansas SNCC Project 1963-1966, James O. Jones passed away June 1, 2019 at his home in Austin TX. He was 76 years old. Jim was the second director of Arkansas SNCC. A native of Willisville, Arkansas, he was one of the original nine students (along with Ruthie Buffington) who got expelled from Arkansas AM&N College (now Univ of Arkansas, Pine Bluff). Later on he completed his BA at the Univ of Arkansas (Fayetteville; main campus). After SNCC Jim went on to work for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in Atlanta and Epes, Alabama, and the Texas Dept. of Agriculture.
For more about James O. Jones, see SNCC Digital at https://snccdigital.org/people/jim-jones/
