Jones is the youngest child of Howard University's first Black president, Mordecai Wyatt Johnson.
[1] Jones graduated from Wellesley College in 1954 with a bachelors in music history.
She went on to study musicology at Columbia University, graduating with her master's degree in 1956.
[4] In 1998, Jones was elected chair of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foundations.
[6] The Anna Faith Jones and Frieda Garcia Women of Color Leadership Circle, a program run by the Boston Women's Fund, was inspired by Jones and Garcia and named in their honor.