Joan Jones, who helped form black rights movement in Nova Scotia, dies at 79
HALIFAX — A woman who helped build the black civil rights movement in Nova Scotia is being recalled as the behind-the-scenes power in a partnership that often featured her husband as the charismatic and public voice.
The daughter of Joan Jones said her mother died at a Halifax hospital on Monday night at the age of 79.
Tracey Jones-Grant, the oldest of five children, said her mother’s “voice and touch were on many things” out of the public eye, including the formation of early civil rights groups alongside her husband, Burnley (Rocky) Jones in the 1960s and 70s.