Ken Jones is an American activist.[1][2] From New Jersey,[3] he served in the Navy in Vietnam, until he was reassigned from there to San Francisco, to lead a military desegregation program.[1][4] He also worked against AIDS, worked to make the gay rights movement more diverse, and organized services for homeless young people.[4]
He is openly gay, and was the first African-American chair of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade and Celebration Committee.[1][5] He is portrayed by Jonathan Majors and Michael K. Williams in the 2017 miniseries When We Rise, about LGBT rights.[6][7]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Real-Life Gay Rights Activists of ABC's When We Rise". Biography.com. 2017-02-27. http://www.biography.com/news/gay-rights-movement-leaders-abc-when-we-rise. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ↑ Barmann, Jay (2017-02-28). "These Are The Real-Life San Francisco LGBT Heroes Portrayed In ABC's When We Rise". SFist. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312161023/http://sfist.com/2017/02/28/these_are_the_real-life_san_francis.php. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ↑ "Part III". March 1, 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "ABC Mini-series When We Rise to Benefit from Cleve Jones-Dustin Black Collaboration". San Francisco Bay Times. http://sfbaytimes.com/when-we-rise-to-benefit-from-cleve-jones-collaboration/. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ↑ Ashley, Dan. "Local activist Ken Jones talks about fighting for LGBT equality". abc7news.com. http://abc7news.com/politics/local-activist-talks-about-fighting-for-lgbt-equality/1781787/. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ↑ Goldberg, Leslie (April 26, 2016). "ABC's gay rights mini enlists Michael K. Williams, sets all-star guest cast". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/abcs-gay-rights-mini-enlists-887779. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ↑ When We Rise at the Internet Movie Database
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