Col. Lafayette Jones Jr. remembered as instrumental in preserving one of the earliest free Black settlements in U.S.
“What I remember most about [Jones], and what means so much to me, is that he was a disruptor. It was in him,” said Janice Canady, cousin of Colonel Lafayette Jones, Jr., at his recent community memorial service. “Before this is Freedom Park, this is sacred ground. Even when you come in, there’s a spirit, if you lend yourself to...