Adrienne Lash Jones

Adrienne Lash Jones (July 15, 1935 - August 28, 2018) was an American academic of African-American studies. She was a professor at Oberlin College for most of her career.

Early life and education Adrienne Lash was born in Salisbury, North Carolina to Wiley I. Lash and Thelma Spalding Lash. and valued education; her mother had earned a PhD. Lash's father went on to become Salisbury's first Black mayor from 1981 to 1985. In 1987, she received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her research into the history of Black women in the YWCA.

Jones was a professor at Oberlin College for most of her career,

Personal life and death She married L. Morris Jones (d. 2015) in 1957. The couple moved to Cleveland in 1958, and L. Morris Jones started a medical practice in the Hough neighborhood. In 1962, they relocated to Shaker Heights as part of integration efforts.

The couple had three sons, two of whom were twins. The couple retired in the late 1990s, relocating to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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