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Jennifer Jones Austin
American executive
Jennifer Jones Austin (néeJennifer Barkley Jones; born 1967 or 1968 is an American civil rights and social policy advocate and lawyer, author and talk show host, nonprofit CEO and executive, and former government official.
Early life
Jones Austin was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Baptist preacher William Augustus Jones Jr. and Natalie Barkley Jones (née. Brown), the corporate arts-curator for American Telephone & Telegraph.
She was raised in a family active in the American civil rights movement, her father being a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr., serving as President of the New York Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and President of its economic justice arm, Operation Breadbasket, locally and nationally.
Her father was also a founding member and President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, which was formed in 1961 when conservative Baptists considered vocal advocacy for