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    Justin Jones may refer to: Justin Jones (American football), American defensive tackle. Justin Jones (guitarist) (born 1964), English guitarist. Justin Jones (Nevada politician) (born 1974), American politician from Nevada.

    • Fisk University Graduate. Jones graduated from Fisk University with a bachelor’s degree in political science, according to his bio. While at the Nashville HBCU, Jones received the John R. Lewis Scholarship for social activism.
    • Activism started early. As a high school student in Oakland, Calif., Jones says he was on the front line as an organizer after the death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Black teenager fatally shot in 2012 by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in Florida.
    • Inspired by John Lewis. Jones told The Tennessean that John Lewis, the iconic civil rights leader and congressman, has “been a guiding force in my life.”
    • New generation of leaders. Jones told The Tennessean that he ran for the state Legislature in 2022 “because this moment demands a new generation of leaders” who are fighting for their communities and “are not backing down to the extremist Republican supermajority that is harming our state.”
  2. Apr 11, 2023 · Walking arm-in-arm with a crowd of what he described as thousands of people, Rep. Justin Jones walked back to the Tennessee state capital after the Nashville Metropolitan Council voted...

  3. Apr 10, 2023 · NASHVILLE — Justin Jones, one of the two Black Democrats expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives for leading a gun control protest on the House floor, was sworn back in to his seat...

  4. Apr 14, 2023 · From the time Rep. Justin Jones was expelled from the state House on April 6, until he made his return to his seat on the chamber floor on April 10, Nashville's power brokers were involved in...

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