Wilma Jones is a Washington Post, NBC4, WUSA-9 TV, WTOP News Radio, NPR, ArlNow, and Arlington Magazine-featured historian whose work preserving and presenting Black Arlington's history has earned national recognition. She is the author of three books, recipient of the James B. Hunter Human Rights Award from the Arlington County Human Rights Commission and the Henry L. Holmes Meritorious Service award from the Arlington Branch NAACP. She is a community activist and a fourth-generation Halls Hill resident.

"Wilma Jones relates the history of (the) Hall's Hill neighborhood as a storyteller: she personalizes it, gives us context, humor, and color..."

Screenshot from the Connection Newspaper — It's a Beautiful Day in the Halls Hill Neighborhood

National & Regional Media

• Washington Post — Fire Station 8

• NBC4 Washington — Black History Mural

• NBC4 Washington — Halls Hill Dirty Water

• NPR With Good Reason — Celebrating America's Freedom

• WHUR-FM — Spotlighting An Historic Neighborhood

• Arlington Magazine — Segregation Wall

• Arlington Magazine — You Want to Build It Where

Community & Local Press

• ARLnow — HistoryFest 250: Student presentations explore lives of Black Arlingtonians

Latest Press

ArlNow - Black Physician Corner Park

ArlNow - Halls Hill Stumbling Stones

• ARLnow — Celebrating Fire Station 8

• Stay Arlington — Spotlights Wilma Jones

• Connection Newspaper — It's a Beautiful Day in the Halls Hill Neighborhood

• InsideNOVA — Fire Station 8 Centennial

• Patch — Grant for Historic Designation

Wilma speaks beginning at 50:00

Podcasts & Speaking

• ARLnow Podcast — Langston Boulevard and Halls Hill

• Choose to Be Curious Podcast

• Lyon Park — An Evening with Wilma Jones

• Arlington Central Library — Conversation with Arlington County Board Chair Libby Garvey

• Black Mobility Enclave

Wilma and Libby at the library

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