Murder of a Trailblazer

Murdered attorney, activist, and scholar, 34-year-old Alberta Odell Jones, burned brightly as the nation's first African American woman sports lawyer, negotiating Muhammad Ali's first boxing contract. She later became Louisville-Jefferson County's first female prosecutor and tireless voting rights advocate before her brutal, unsolved murder in 1965.

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Movie
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1
Episode Duration
140 mins
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Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
140 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Oct 1, 2023
Season
2023
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Murdered attorney, activist, and scholar, 34-year-old Alberta Odell Jones, burned brightly as the nation's first African American woman sports lawyer, negotiating Muhammad Ali's first boxing contract. She later became Louisville-Jefferson County's first female prosecutor and tireless voting rights advocate before her brutal, unsolved murder in 1965.

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