Clarence B. Jones

Clarence Benjamin Jones
Clarence Benjamin Jones
	File:Clarence B. Jones at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech (cropped).jpg Jones in Geneva in 2013
Born	January 8, 1931 (age 94); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Palmyra High School
Alma mater	Columbia College; Boston University School of Law;
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, speechwriter, newspaper editor
Known for	Work and friendship with Martin Luther King Jr.
Movement	Civil Rights Movement
Relatives	Richard Schiff (stepson)

Clarence Benjamin Jones (born January 8, 1931) is an American lawyer. He is the former personal counsel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. He is a scholar at Stanford University. He is the author of What Would Martin Say? and Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation.^[1] He helped King Jr. write the first part of the 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech at Jones' house in The Bronx.^[2]

References[change]

↑ "Behind the Dream". Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
↑ "On Martin Luther King Day, remembering the first draft of 'I Have a Dream'". The Washington Post. 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-02-28.

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[:0-1] "Behind the Dream". Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-28.

[2] "On Martin Luther King Day, remembering the first draft of 'I Have a Dream'". The Washington Post. 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-02-28.

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