Clarence B Jones was Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr's lawyer, speechwriter, and close friend from 1960 until his assassination ...

Clarence B. Jones, a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped pen his famous “I ...

A key figure in the civil rights movement, Jones spent the last two decades of his life teaching at Stanford and the ...

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

Clarence B. Jones, MLK’s lawyer and speech co‑writer, has died at 95. Bay Area educator and Medal of Freedom recipient.

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 ...

Data from the National Constitution Center recorded an estimated 250,000 people came to the nation’s capitol on August 28, 1963 to march for civil rights before hearing King’s speech. While taking ...

President Donald Trump compared crowd sizes between his July 4th celebration and Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech on Thursday. Trump was speaking to the press about the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WCSC) — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech on April 3, 1968. King delivered the speech in Memphis, where the city’s sanitation ...

“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.

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.