Scipio Jones

Scipio Africanus Jones, the attorney who led efforts to overturn the death sentences of the Elaine Twelve; circa 1920.

African-American man with mustache in suit and tie

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Early Twentieth Century / Race

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Male

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