ATLANTA – Tributes continue to pour in for legendary producer and composer Quincy Jones, who passed away Sunday night. In Atlanta, Jones is not only being remembered for his contributions in music, but also for his role in the civil rights movement.

“He always answered the call,” civil rights icon Xernona Clayton told FOX 5.

As the world prepares to say its goodbyes to the man whose music touched millions of lives, Clayton and other giants in the civil rights movement are saying goodbye to a friend and ally in the fight for equality.

Clayton, now 94 years-old, says she remembers her friend Quincy Jones as a man who stood firmly with activists as they took on the system.

“He was the man you read about with all this talent,” she said. “When there was time to get a concert together, a fundraiser, he’d help do that…so it was a group of talented people raising money for the civil rights movement,” she continued.

The woman, once credited with convincing a KKK Grand Dragon to step down from the organization, tells FOX 5 she met Jones in Los Angeles in the early 1960s before moving to Atlanta with her then-husband Ed Clayton.

“He was funny and fun,” she recalled. “He would help everybody…I would hear of stories where he’d help a lot of people get in the industry.”

Jones would eventually begin helping the movement financially, assisting those who’d found themselves in jail or in the hospital.

“We were always in need of funds, and we had a list of the folk we knew could help and he was on our list,” Clayton stated.

She says while she was heartbroken to hear about his passing, his contributions will not be forgotten, and his life’s work was complete.

“I was feeling sad because you can’t call him anymore,” she said.

Jones will be honored at a memorial service on Nov. 14, in Los Angeles, where family, friends, and fans are expected to gather in his memory.

ATLANTA – Police are investigating a shooting at a northwest Atlanta shopping plaza.

Officers were called out to 1231 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard NW after a report of a shot being fired. According to the Atlanta Police Department, the man was found with an apparent gunshot wound.

The man was alert, conscious, and breathing. He was taken to an area hospital.

The name of the man has not been released.

It was not clear if police were searching for a shooter or shooters.

The incident remains under investigation.

A mother desperately searches for her son amid the British bombings of World War II in the harrowing new drama “Blitz” — opening in Atlanta this week from Apple Original Films.

Written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen, “Blitz” features four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan in a role that required both dramatic and musical chops.

“The singing was something that was so enjoyable from the very beginning,” says Ronan of her role as Rita, the mother separated from her young son. “I rehearsed a lot with my vocal coach, Fiona, and she just strengthened up my voice so much, and taught me how it works and how to hit higher keys that I wasn’t able to hit before.”

McQueen says he knew one of the biggest challenges of making “Blitz” would be finding the right young actor to portray Ronan’s son, George.

“A tape came in, and there was this child — this kid — and there was a stillness in him,” says McQueen. “And in a way, it was like seeing Charlie Chaplin; not in a funny way, but in a kind of beautiful, still way.”

Elliott Heffernan won the role — and had no problems with some of the film’s more terrifying scenes, including one that involves being trapped in rising water.

“It might look scary, and maybe to some people on-set it might have looked scary, but the thought of filming and then waiting around just chilling in the water was so cool,” says the young actor.

“Blitz” opens in select Atlanta theaters this week, and will be streaming on Apple TV+ later this month. To hear more from the writer-director and stars, click the video player in this article.