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Jetta Jones
1926–2021
United States
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Biography
Jetta Ann Norris Jones (February 24, 1926 – April 9, 2021) was an American lawyer, city official, and philanthropist based in Chicago. She was the first Black woman trustee at the Art Institute of Chicago, and served on the boards of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the National Urban League.
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