IMAGES OF JONESTOWN

JIM JONES---leader of Peoples Temple and founder of Jonestown.

NOVEMBER 18, 1978---mass suicide/murder of 918 Peoples Temple members. It was believed that they were committing a revolutionary act and that they would return together at the utopia on the "other side"

THE RAINBOW FAMILY---Jones believed in creating a society free of racial distinction. this drawing shows Jones and his adopted children of all races. Jonestown was a commune for those seeking solace from the racial torn United States.