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3 days ago · Clarence B. Jones poses for a photo before was presented with the American Jewish Congress' "Isaiah Award," March 1, 2006, in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File) Clarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and heard the person on the other end say they were calling from the White House.
Aug 26, 2023 · August 26, 20235:18 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. 9-Minute Listen. Playlist. 60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who...
3 days ago · Clarence B. Jones is a renowned civil rights activist and lawyer who helped draft Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Jones was instrumental in preserving Dr. King’s ...
Aug 29, 2023 · Clarence B Jones: ‘As erudite and smart as King was, often it was just difficult for him to start a speech.’. Photograph: Nine Acre Photography/The Guardian. Jones was 29 when he went to work...
Jan 9, 2024 · January 9, 2024. A conversation with Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer and friend. Clarence B. Jones talked with the Stanford community about working with the civil rights leader and playing a pivotal role in the movement toward racial justice. By Melissa De Witte.
Aug 27, 2013 · Clarence B. Jones: A Guiding Hand Behind 'I Have A Dream' Clarence Jones played an integral but mostly unseen role in the 1963 March on Washington. As Martin Luther King Jr.'s legal...
Dec 10, 2015 · Clarence B. Jones. Biography. Legal advisor and civil rights leader Clarence B. Jones was born on January 8, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents, Mary and Goldshore Jones, were live-in domestic household servants. He was raised in foster homes and in a Catholic boarding school in Eastern Pennsylvania, run by the Sisters of The ...
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