Marcus E. Jones

Background

Marcus Jones was born on January 7, 1943, in Decatur, Illinois. He is the son of George, a laborer, and Bernetta, a licensed practical nurse, Jones.

Education

Marcus Jones graduated from the Southern Illinois University, where he got a Bachelor of Art in 1965 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1978. Also, he attended the University of Ghana in 1968. Then Jones studied at Chicago State University. There he received a Master of Arts in 1969. Besides, Marcus Jones attended Florida State University in 1975-1977, the University of South Carolina in 1991-1992, the University of Florida, and the University of Dar es Salaam in 1993.

Career

Marcus Jones started his educational career as a geography teacher at public schools in Chicago in 1965-1969. He was also an instructor in geography at the Winston-Salem State University in 1969-1970 and also taught Geography in 1988-1989 at public schools again. From 1972 to 1973, he held the position of an ombudsman at the Southern Illinois University. Then Jones worked as an assistant professor at the Florida A&M University for three years and a visiting assistant professor at the University of South Florida for a year. After it, he headed the Department of Social Relations at Morris Brown College. In 1986-1987 Jones was a research coordinator at the Clark Atlanta University and a visiting professor at the Valdosta State University. He also held the position of a research scholar at the American University in Cairo in 1995-1996, an adjunct professor at the South Carolina State University in 1991-2000, and since 1990, he serves as an associate professor at the Claflin University.

Additionally, Marcus Jones is a writer. He is also a contributor to periodicals.

Achievements

• Marcus Jones is best known as an educator and writer. He teaches for fifty-five years. He taught not only in the United States but in Egypt as well. Besides, Marcus Jones was a Fulbright scholar in Egypt in 1995-1996 and also a holder of the Wazazi Wetu Award of Appreciation in 2000.

Works

• book

  • Black Migration in the United States With Emphasis on Selected Central Cities 1980

Politics

Politically, Marcus Jones is Democrat, although he is not a party member.

Views

Marcus Jones believes that his primary motivation for writing is to advance true knowledge through understanding human behavior. By writing and expressing his sincere thoughts, he can influence others to understand man's inhumanity to man. It is hoped that this understanding can lead to a more just and perfect society of humans on the planet Earth. Jones is motivated by a sense of justice and believes that the truth revealed will alone change adverse human behavior. His writing process involves inspiration, perspiration, and revelation. He usually has a desire to "felt need" to write about some events that inspired his thoughts. Therefore, when Jones writes about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and black males, black unemployment, black male incarceration rates and racism, and black urbanization, he is concerned for a part of humanity in which he is a member. Marcus Jones also believes that other members of society who read his thoughts should be motivated to behave in a positive rather than a negative manner.

Membership

• Marcus Jones was a state regional coordinator of the National Association of African-American Studies in 1993-2000.

  National Association of African-American Studies , United States

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  Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations , United States

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  South Carolina Council for the Social Studies , United States

Interests

• Reading, walking, travel abroad

Connections

Marcus Jones's first wife was Diann Jones. They married in 1971 and divorced in 1982. Then he married Valerie Daniel in 1983. Jones has nine children, Anthony, Malik, Taisha, Samira, Malaika, Na'el, Amina, Jamia, and Punch Jones.

Father:

George Jones Jr.

Mother:

Bernetta Jones

ex-wife:

Diann Jones

Diann Jones was Marcus Jones's first wife. They divorced in 1982.

Wife:

Valerie Daniel

Valerie Daniel is Marcus Jones's second wife.

Son:

Anthony Jones

Son:

Malik Jones

Daughter:

Taisha Jones

Daughter:

Samira Jones

Daughter:

Malaika Jones

Son:

Na'el Jones

Daughter:

Amina Jones

Son:

Punch Jones

Daughter:

Jamia Jones