Eugene Kinckle Jones (July 30, 1885 – January 11, 1954) was a leader of the National Urban League and one of the seven founders (commonly referred to as Seven Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University in 1906.

Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual.

[3] Together with Charles S. Johnson in 1923, he helped launch Opportunity a journal which addressed problems faced by blacks.

In 1925, the National Conference of Social Work elected Jones treasurer, and he served the organization until 1933, rising to the position of Vice President.

In 1933, Jones took a position with the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. as an advisor on Negro Affairs.