In 1965, became the first black student to graduate from the University
of Alabama.
One of two black students to be the first to enroll at the University
of Alabama in 1963.
Children: son Michael Jones, and daughter Monica Jones.
Met George Wallace in 1996, when the former governor was in frail
health, and talked of reconciliation.
Was one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University
of Alabama led to George Wallace's infamous "stand in the schoolhouse
door" in 1963.