Clarence B Jones, who helped MLK write âI have a dreamâ speech, dies at 95
Attorney, speechwriter and confidante of King was involved in some of US civil rights movementâs key moments Clarence B Jones, a former speechwriter and confidant of Martin Luther King Jr who helped pen his famous âI have a dreamâ speech, has died. He was 95. Jones died on Friday at a senior living community in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Cupertino, according to a statement released by family members, who were at his side. âOur father lived a life of conscience,â the Jones family said. âHe believed, until his final days, that an idea [is] more powerful than the march of any army. We are grateful beyond words for the love, the prayers, and the friendships that sustained him, and us, across this long and remarkable life.â As Kingâs personal attorney, Jones was heavily involved in some of the key moments of the civil rights movement. He is credited with smuggling pages of Kingâs Letter from a Birmingham Jail out of his cell and writing until Kingâs assassination in 1968. He helped craft Kingâs 1967 Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence address given at Riverside church in New York City exactly a year before Kingâs death. It was considered a hallmark
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