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Alberta Odell Jones (November 12, 1930 – August 5, 1965) was an African-American attorney and civil rights icon. She was one of the first African-American women to pass the Kentucky bar and the first woman appointed city attorney in Jefferson County. She was murdered by an unknown person.
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- Alberta Odell JonesMurdered and Missing News True Crime · 2021
- 19-(Black History)-Alberta Odell Jones- b.1930 d.1965The Black Initiative Podcast · 2021
- Murder of a Trailblazer: The Unsolved Killing of Alberta Odell JonesCreepy Kentucky · 2022
- TRUE CRIME: Who Killed Alberta Odell Jones? Louisville's first female prosecutorBlack British Girl Talks Crime · 2021
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