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About Clarence B. Jones
- Clarence Benjamin Jones (born January 8, 1931) is the former personal counsel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr.
- He is a Scholar in Residence at the Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Institute at Stanford University.
- He is the author of What Would Martin Say? (HarperCollins, 2008) and Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011).In 1962, Martin Luther King Jr.
- wrote a letter recommending his lawyer and advisor, Clarence B.
- Jones, to the New York State Bar, stating: “Ever since I have known Mr.
- Jones, I have always seen him as a man of sound judgment, deep insights, and great dedication.
- I am also convinced that he is a man of great integrity”.
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