LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Parks Alliance of Louisville is inviting the public to help celebrate the life and legacy of a pioneering Louisville attorney and civil rights champion.

This weekend marks the second annual Alberta O. Jones Park Day. It's happening Saturday, July 13, from 2-6 p.m. at the Alberta O. Jones Park on South 23rd Street.

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Alberta O. Jones.

There will be more than 40 community organizations and nonprofits set up, as well as resources for residents of Louisville's California neighborhood and nearby communities.

The family-friendly festival is free and open to the public.

Jones helped educate thousands of African Americans on how to vote. She was also the lawyer who negotiated the most lucrative sports deal of her time for her neighbor, Muhammad Ali. She also helped register voters in the 60s.

In 1965, Jones was beaten and thrown into the Ohio River off the Sherman Minton Bridge. The murder has remained a mystery despite a suspect and a fingerprint.

A "Hometown Hero" banner was unveiled for Jones in October 2017. It hangs on the side of the River City Bank building at the corner of Sixth Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard in downtown Louisville.

Last year, the first phase of the Alberta O. Jones Park in the city's California neighborhood was completed and opened. It features a mosaic of her portrait composed of hundreds of individual photographs celebrating the California neighborhood. The park was also the first in the city to have complementary, high-speed Wi-Fi.

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