[1] In 1920, Jones along with Matthew W. Clair became the first black bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
[3] He helped found a Methodist retreat, Gulfside Assembly, in Waveland, Mississippi for African Americans.
Gulfside Assembly was the only place in the United States where African Americans had access to the Gulf of Mexico for vacationing and recreational purposes.
[3] In the late 1930s, Bishop Jones participated in a unification movement that attempted to integrate the black and white members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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