Civil Rights leader gets American Democracy Award

Sec. of State Nancy Landry is pleased to announce that Louisiana native Johnnie Jones, a veteran of the Second World War and key figure of the Civil Rights Movement, has been posthumously named the 2024 Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award winner. Jones was named the recipient of this prestigious honor on Friday, July 12 at the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Summer...

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