PATRICIA KIENZLE: Author of a children's biography of Scipio Africanus Jones. Credit: Brian Chilson A children’s book that tells the story of early 20th-century black lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones ...

But there is one Arkansas icon the world will know about soon: Scipio Jones. Jones was an attorney who made history for helping free 12 men that were wrongfully sentenced to death following the Elaine ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A home that once belonged to African American activist Scipio Africanus Jones has been put on the "most endangered places" list by Preserve Arkansas. Jones' home, located just ...

Attorney Scipio Africanus Jones (left) stands with defendants (back row) Ed Hicks, Frank Hicks, Frank Moore, (seated) J.C. Knox, Ed Coleman and Paul Hall. A new portrait of Jones could soon go on ...

American public school students might learn about the Dred Scott v. Sandford case early in high school, then perhaps Plessy v. Ferguson as juniors, and maybe onto Marbury v. Madison in 12th grade--if ...

Searchlight Pictures has acquired script rights to “The Defender,” starring Sterling K. Brown as the pioneering lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones, who risked his life and career to defend the Elaine ...

A recent study by historian Connor Beattie, published in the Journal of Ancient History, reveals a little-known but crucial aspect of the Roman army during the Republic: the volunteer veterans who ...