Halifax: Burnley Rocky Jones

Burnley Rocky Jones: Jones, a high-profile Halifax lawyer who focused on racial equality and labour law, died Monday in hospital following a heart attack in his home. He was 71, according to CTV. Rev. Rhonda Britton of Cornwallis Street Baptist Church in Halifax said Jones was a human rights crusader and a champion of Nova Scotia's black community and HALIFAX -- Burnley Rocky Jones had a smile that could light up a room, a leadership style that inspired a generation of young black people in Nova Scotia and enough political grit and charisma that he was once considered a threat to national security. A co-founder of the Black United Front of Nova Scotia and the National Black Coalition of Canada, Jones was named to the Order of Nova Scotia in 2010. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.