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In Memoriam: Quincy Jones
The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) mourns the passing of influential jazz and pop music legend, civil rights activist and beacon of possibility Quincy Jones on November 3.
Rising from a troubled childhood in gangsterland Chicago of the 1930s’ and ‘40s, Jones graduated from being a prodigy performing with the likes of Ray Charles and Lionel Hampton as a teenager to one of the most tremendous forces in the music industry.
Throughout his continuously evolving career, Jones used his platform to champion Civil Rights and advocate for humanitarian causes.
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. was born in Chicago on March 14, 1933. His father, Quincy Sr., was a carpenter and semi-professional baseball player.
His mother, Sarah, worked as a bank officer and apartment manager, and was a talented musician, graduating from Boston University.
Jones clearly inherited his mother’s musical ability. After stumbling upon a piano at a recreation center in Seattle, Wash., where his