Since the picture of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones standing in a 1957 Arkansas desegregation protest surfaced ahead of Dallas’s game against the Giants on Thanksgiving, it has sparked conversation about Jones and his past.
Jones, an Arkansas native, was 14 years old when he was spotted in a photo that was taken on Sept. 9, 1957, at North Little Rock High that featured a group of white students blocking the door and yelling racial slurs at six Black students as they attempted to enter. While Jones said he had no intention of badgering any of the Black students and was attending the event out of curiosity, two high-profile athletes have weighed in on the resurfacing of the photo.
Following the Lakers’ 128–109 win against the Trail Blazers on Wednesday, LeBron James questioned the media about why he not been ask questions about Jones in the same manner that he was about Kyrie Irving’s sharing of antisemitic propaganda.
