Mimi Jones News & Updates

Mimi Jones

Mimi Jones, multi talented bassist, vocalist and composer, brings her beacon of musical light to the...

May 24, 2026 • Jazz

Overlooked for her role in a galvanizing civil rights protest, Mimi Jones dies at 73

A news photo of the 1964 racial attack spread around the world: 17-year-old Mimi Jones opens her mou...

Jul 27, 2020 • The Boston Globe

Late civil rights activist Mimi Jones on fighting for justice in the pool

In what ended up being one of her final interviews, Mimi Jones reflects on her lifelong fight for eq...

Aug 10, 2020 • NBC News

Swimmer in famous St. Augustine civil rights photo passes away

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — You may not know her name, but a woman in a very famous photograph has died ...

Jul 29, 2020 • First Coast News

Allegra Levy Releases 'Out of the Question' With Mimi Jones, Allison Miller, & Carmen Staaf

How deep is the ocean?” “What is this thing called love?” Jazz singer-songwriter Allegra Levy ...

May 19, 2024 • BroadwayWorld

Activist Mimi Jones, captured in famous civil rights image, dies at 73

Mimi Jones, a civil rights pioneer who participated in the 1964 “swim-in” at what was then the M...

Jul 30, 2020 • News4Jax

Mimi Jones: Balance

Virtuoso bassist and superlative bandleader Mimi Jones' (AKA Miriam Sullivan) Balance is a delightfu...

Feb 04, 2014 • Jazz

Mimi Jones Photos

The cast and band of OO-BLA-DEE: Mimi Jones, Eli Fountain, Chesney Snow, Amber Iman, Allison Semmes,...

Oct 11, 2024 • BroadwayWorld

Mimi Jones, civil rights activist in a historic St. Augustine swim-in, dies at 73

A day before the Senate voted to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Mimi Jones joined six other civi...

Jul 29, 2020 • The Washington Post

The Revs Remember Civil Rights Activist Mimi Jones

On Monday, Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III called in to Boston Public Radio, where th...

Jul 26, 2020 • WGBH