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 ...

To survive in this world, you need to be both hopeful and strategic. You must believe that a better world is possible for you and your children, and be willing to create it. It takes a collective ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks Oct. 18, 1963, at the University of Notre Dame during a visit to South Bend. King spoke ...

Clarence B. Jones dies. The MLK adviser, who helped draft his "I Have a Dream" speech, is the focus of a doc directed by ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Every year, the third Monday of January is set aside as a federal holiday to remember and celebrate the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights icon ...

The draft of MLK's most famous speech lacked its most famous lines. The 'I Have a Dream' part was suggested by Mahalia Jackson as King neared the end of his 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial. As the ...