Skip to content
Black HistoryCollector
SearchSupport the collection

Biography · Civil Rights

Matthew Jones

1936–2011

United States

BIOGRAPHYPortrait not availableExplore the life, work and source references.
Visit the source record ↗

Biography

Matthew Jones (September 17, 1936 – March 30, 2011) was an African-American folk singer/songwriter known for being a field secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and part of their The Freedom Singers in the 1960s. Jones was from Nashville, Tennessee, but also worked as a school teacher in Macon, Georgia. He was arrested 20 times for this civil rights activism.

Explore Wikipedia contributors ↗

Sources & collection details

Wikipedia contributors — original record ↗

Black heritage reference ↗

Biography text · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Continue exploring Series 1

Arts, Music & Culture →Civil Rights & Public Life →Education & Ideas →

Explore all Series 1 cards →

Keep exploring