Today in Wheeling History: November 7--Harry H. Jones, a teacher, historian, attorney, editor, civil rights activist, and prolific writer, was born in Wheeling (1887).
Harry Hollinger Jones (born November 7, 1887 in Wheeling) was a Renaissance man who graduated from Lincoln School, Lincoln High School, and Oberlin College. He was a teacher, historian, attorney, editor, civil rights activist, and prolific writer. Jones wrote for newspapers like “The Advocate” until September 1923, “The Pittsburgh Courier,” and “The Crisis,” the NAACP magazine edited by W.E.B. DuBois, for whom he wrote “The Negro Before the Courts” column. In 1919, Jones wrote for “The Wheeling Majority” about the post-World War I race riots of 1919, highlighting how the European war experience heightened the awareness of America's black soldiers—a perspective that has gained widespread acceptance. In March 1920, he wrote "The Crisis in Negro Leadership" for “The Crisis.” Jones served as president of the Wheeling NAACP in 1919 and spoke out against lynchings. He graduated Howard University law school in 1929 and married Edith Walker Redman on December 10, 1942. Jones worked for the federal government, served on the Wheeling Zoning Commission and West Virginia Human Rights Commission, and gave the important 1936 speech "Wheeling's Twentieth Man" on WWVA Radio. From 1946-1948, he wrote the "Along the Color Line" column for the “Wheeling Sunday News-Register.” Jones was an eloquent advocate for racial justice.
Harry H. Jones passed away on August 20, 1974, at 87. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Photo credits: Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling WV
Harry Hollinger Jones (born November 7, 1887 in Wheeling) was a Renaissance man who graduated from Lincoln School, Lincoln High School, and Oberlin College. He was a teacher, historian, attorney, editor, civil rights activist, and prolific writer. Jones wrote for newspapers like “The Advocate” until September 1923, “The Pittsburgh Courier,” and “The Crisis,” the NAACP magazine edited by W.E.B. DuBois, for whom he wrote “The Negro Before the Courts” column. In 1919, Jones wrote for “The Wheeling Majority” about the post-World War I race riots of 1919, highlighting how the European war experience heightened the awareness of America's black soldiers—a perspective that has gained widespread acceptance. In March 1920, he wrote "The Crisis in Negro Leadership" for “The Crisis.” Jones served as president of the Wheeling NAACP in 1919 and spoke out against lynchings. He graduated Howard University law school in 1929 and married Edith Walker Redman on December 10, 1942. Jones worked for the federal government, served on the Wheeling Zoning Commission and West Virginia Human Rights Commission, and gave the important 1936 speech "Wheeling's Twentieth Man" on WWVA Radio. From 1946-1948, he wrote the "Along the Color Line" column for the “Wheeling Sunday News-Register.” Jones was an eloquent advocate for racial justice.
Harry H. Jones passed away on August 20, 1974, at 87. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
To learn more: (https://tinyurl.com/4xp7nfpz) (https://tinyurl.com/2p8wx4vy)
Photo credits: Ohio County Public Library, Wheeling WV
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