Laurence Clifton Jones (November 21, 1882 – July 13, 1975), was the founder and long-time president of Piney Woods Country Life School in Rankin County, Mississippi. A noted educational innovator, Jones spent his adult life supporting the educational advancement of rural African-American students in the segregated South.
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21 November 1884 St. Joseph, Missouri
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Died |
13 July 1975 (aged 90) Jackson, Mississippi
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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