Archive - The Free Mind of Jones

Why ceremonies honoring Black college graduates are still needed

May 7 •

April 2025

Event: Unequal and Unhealthy

Dear “Free Mind of Jones” Subscribers:

Apr 16 •

March 2025

They lie. They’re complicit. They are cowards!

How the right is trying to kill gains made during the civil rights movement, and university presidents are helping them

Mar 13 •

Black people have always fought back. We'll fight back this time, too!

Mar 4 •

December 2024

Meet Bill Lamb: A Response

Fox News affiliate president and general manager Bill Lamb called me racist and divisive, among other things. Here's my response.

Dec 10, 2024 •

The Buck Breaking of Dr. John Marshall

During slavery, inhumane white supremacist owners commonly engaged in “buck breaking” – the practice of identifying stronger, troublesome male slaves…

Dec 2, 2024 •

November 2024

Don’t blame Black men if Harris loses to Trump

That responsibility belongs with white people

Nov 1, 2024 •

October 2024

"I can’t allow you to leave here in that condition"

Morehouse College, Alton Hornsby, Jr., and the inadequacy of “just voting”

Oct 31, 2024 •

It's not just Trump

America is also displaying fascist tendencies

Oct 28, 2024 •

August 2024

Another perspective on the condemned Quintez Brown: A Response

Some believe those who supported young Quintez Brown should be "ashamed" and "held accountable." Should they? Here's the other side of the story.

Aug 1, 2024 •

This is The Free Mind of Jones.

Aug 1, 2024 •

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