J. Charles Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

J. Charles Jones

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1937

Place of Birth: Chester, South Carolina, United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Joseph Charles Jones (born August 23, 1937) is a civil rights leader, attorney, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and former chairperson of the SNCC's direct action committee.
Jones was born in Chester, South Carolina.
He led and participated in several sit-in movements during the 1960s.
He served as chair of SNCC's direct action committee.
In 1961 Jones joined the Freedom Riders driving from Atlanta, Georgia, to Birmingham, Alabama; he was later arrested in Montgomery, Alabama.
In 1966, Jones organized an activist organization called the Action Coordinating Committee to End Segregation in the Suburbs or ACCESS.
He is a graduate of Howard University Law School (1966).
Jones passed the North Carolina State Bar in 1976.
As of 2011 he was serving as the chairperson for the Biddleville/Smallwood/Five Points Neighborhood Association.