{"value"=>"<p>This series encompasses Judge Jones's early days as Chairman of the New York Youth Congress in 1939; his distinguished service during World War II; his campaign for City Court Justice under the banner of the American Labor Party in 1948; his struggling legal practice in the early 1950s; his legal defense of the Chinese laundry workers during the McCarthy era; his early efforts at political organizing in Bedford Stuyvesant; and his role as a founder of the African Historical Research Society. The Chinese laundry workers were put on trial for allegedly \"trading with the enemy\" (i.e. sending small remittances to family members in China). Judge Jones challenged the Grand Jury for indicting them. They were found guilty and sentenced to six months in detention.</p>"}