Clarence B Jones was Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr's lawyer, speechwriter, and close friend from 1960 until his assassination ...
A key figure in the civil rights movement, Jones spent the last two decades of his life teaching at Stanford and the ...
Clarence B. Jones has died. He was a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped ...
Clarence B. Jones dies. The MLK adviser, who helped draft his "I Have a Dream" speech, is the focus of a doc directed by ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Aug. 28, 1963. (AP ...
Editor's Note: This story was orignially published on npr.org on Feb. 7, 2024. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so ...
On Aug. 28, 1963, my father stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and summoned a nation to listen – not merely to a speech, but to a vision. He dreamed out loud, daring America to imagine itself ...
“Our father lived a life of conscience,” his family said in a statement ...
Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer and adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died last week. Jones helped King write his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. He was 95.
Through July 4, The Post, in conjunction with the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, is featuring US citizens explaining what the American dream means to them in 2026 — including Martin ...
A confidant and lawyer for Martin Luther King, he was an unseen hand behind major civil rights events, including the 1963 ...