James F. Jones (minister): Difference between revisions

A supporter of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], Jones created a secular medal award, the [[Crispus Attucks]], and presented it to Michigan's Republican Senator [[Homer S. Ferguson]] and Secretary of Defense [[Charles Erwin Wilson|Charles E. Wilson]]. In 1951 Prophet Jones delivered the invocation at the opening session of the [[Michigan State Legislature]] in [[Lansing]]. In 1952 Prophet Jones prophesied that General [[Dwight Eisenhower]] would win the [[1952 United States presidential election, 1952|1952 presidential election]]. After Eisenhower's election victory Prophet Jones received an invitation to the [[inauguration]]. His attendance there was noted in the press. He stayed at the Rhode Island Plaza Hotel.<ref name="Eisenhower Inaugural">{{cite journal|title=Jet Magazine|date=February 5, 1953|volume=3|issue=15|pages=64|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jboDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=prophet+jones+inauguration&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1S-VUeGbCeeB0AGWnoCADg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=prophet%20jones%20inauguration&f=false|accessdate=May 16, 2013|editor1-link=How Negroes Participated in Eisenhower Inaugural|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company}}</ref> Many of his supporters now looked at him as a prophet to the [[White House]].