Anita Gail Jones

Hi Reader, Coming to you wearing my Executive Director hat, for the 501(c)(3) public charity my husband, Rob, and I created, which many of you may not know about. We founded Gaines-Jones Scholars, in memory of my mother, father and sister. We give college scholarships to African American students in Southwest Georgia and the San Francisco Bay Area. Proud to announce that this is our 21st year of giving! Since 2004, Gaines-Jones Scholars has awarded 304 scholarships totaling $380K to 182...

Hi Reader, July 4, 2024 On this, America's 248th anniversary of independence, I come to the page to tell the story of a different emancipation; the liberation of 1,638 acres of a former plantation outside Albany, Georgia, the setting for my debut novel, The Peach Seed. This property was once held by one of the largest slaveholder estates in Georgia. Now, as we learn in this article by Nikki M.G. Cole, formerly enslaved people were inhabitants of this land, and many cabins and roads have been...