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) — Scipio Africanus Jones, commonly known as S. A. Joneswas born to an enslaved woman and would later become known as oneof the most notable businessmen and attorneys in central ...

The July 7, 2022 edition of The Wall Street Journal “front paged” the headline “Russian Forces Press Their Advance in Eastern Ukraine.” Beneath the accompanying photo, the caption reads “DESTRUCTION: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Under the Romans, the world became connected like never before. Within a single empire, lands from Scotland to the Middle East fell under one roof. Founded somewhere around 625 BC, the Roman Empire ...