Albert Jose “Doc” Jones is the founder of the first diving club for African Americans. Items salvaged from the wreck will be displayed at the African American history museum when it opens later this year. As a boy growing up in Northeast Washington, Jones swam in every creek, river or pool he could get to. The founder of the first diving club for African Americans, Jones had been spurred to action two years earlier, when he had seen a collection of iron shackles recovered from the ship. Jones invited her to take scuba lessons, and she became the first certified African American female scuba diver in the United States.

Source: Washington Post July 03, 2016 21:45 UTC