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 ...

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 ...

Monday marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Below is a transcript of his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. NPR's Talk of the Nation ...

Clarence B. Jones has died. He was a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped ...

Jr. who helped smuggle out snippets of King’s writing that became the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” has died. When King was ...

The letter in Wichita shows an early draft that might have informed some of the civil rights leader's most famous speeches. Nestled in the archives of the Museum of World Treasures in Wichita, there’s ...

TULSA, Okla. — Daniel Thomas, a junior at Broken Arrow High School, won more than $2,000 in a contest on Tuesday after giving a rendition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 19, this year. Observed annually on the third Monday in January, the federal holiday is set aside to recognize civil rights leader, Martin Luther King ...

“Our father lived a life of conscience,” his family said in a statement ...

Clarence B. Jones, a top civil rights activist and lawyer who helped write part of Dr.