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Clarence Benjamin Jones (born January 8, 1931) is an American lawyer and the former personal counsel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
In 1962, Jones became general counsel for the Gandhi Society for Human Rights, SCLC’s fundraising arm. Later that year, Jones would advise King to write President John F. Kennedy on the Cuban missile crisis.
In 2015, President Barack Obama honored Dr. Clarence B. Jones at the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) In June 2017, after nearly 70 years, Clarence Benjamin Jones, a distinguished Palmyra High School alumnus, returned home to be welcomed back and honored.
18 de nov. de 2018 · Jones is currently a visiting professor at the University of San Francisco, and a writer-in-residence at the Martin Luther King Institute at Stanford University. He has been a contributor on numerous media outlets including Fox, CNN and NPR. He now lives in Palo Alto, California. Subjects: African American History, People. Terms:
27 de ago. de 2013 · Clarence B. Jones: A Guiding Hand Behind 'I Have A Dream'. Clarence B. Jones this month in Palo Alto, Calif. As Martin Luther King Jr.'s attorney and adviser, Jones contributed to many of...
Legal advisor and civil rights leader Clarence B. Jones was born on January 8, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents, Mary and Goldshore Jones, were live-in domestic household servants. He was raised in foster homes and in a Catholic boarding school in Eastern Pennsylvania, run by the Sisters of The Blessed Sacrament. Jones graduated from Palmyra High School in Palmyra, New Jersey in ...
On the evening Jones turned 93, he came to Stanford University for a special conversation with Lerone A. Martin, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor and director of the Martin Luther ...
