Jones was one of the organizers of the 1963 March on Washington, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the epic speech and helped push for passage of the Voting Rights Act.

Jones, who helped shape King’s monumental ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by ...

A confidant and lawyer for Martin Luther King, he was an unseen hand behind major civil rights events, including the 1963 ...

Clarence B. Jones, a civil rights attorney and close adviser to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has died at age 95.

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Across the United States, cities, civil rights groups, and various organizations are honoring and remembering Dr. King. Fifty-eight years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Henry David Thoreau is one of those figures whose name one may know but whose writing often boils down in the mind ...