The university announced that Rep. Jones will be teaching a course titled “Good Trouble” this school year. “We’re gonna be talking about political activism, social change.
Theories and movements, protest movements that have transformed this nation and look at the global movements happening today as we continue to push forward and fight for change in our communities,” Rep. Jones of the course. Rep. Jones graduated from Fisk with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
While there, Jones received the John R. Lewis Scholarship for social activism and led several protests for causes such as the expansion of health care in Tennessee the repeal of voter ID laws, and Stand Your Ground laws.