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Jennifer Jones Austin (néeJennifer Barkley Jones; born 1967 or 1968 is an American civil rights and social policy advocate and lawyer, author and talk show host, nonprofit CEO and executive, and former government official.

Advocate, thought leader, author, public speaker, radio show host, CEO & lawyer Our National Action Network Martin Luther King Public Policy Forum is.

Jennifer co-hosts WBLS' “Open Line”, guest hosts weekly the nationally syndicated radio program, “Keep'n It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton”, and appears.

Jones Austin co-hosts WBLS' “Open Line”, guest hosts weekly the nationally syndicated radio program, “Keep'n It Real with Rev. Al Sharpton”, and has.

A fourth-generation leader of faith and social justice, Jennifer Jones Austin fights for equity.

An author and radio host, she led NYC's Racial Justice Commission Jennifer serves as vice chair of the National Action Network, a member of.

Early life

Jones Austin was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Baptist preacher William Augustus Jones Jr. and Natalie Barkley Jones (née. Brown), the corporate arts-curator for American Telephone & Telegraph.

She was raised in a family active in the American civil rights movement, her father being a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr., serving as President of the New York Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and President of its economic justice arm, Operation Breadbasket, locally and nationally.

Her father was also a founding member and President of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, which was formed in 1961 when conservative Baptists considered vocal advocacy for