Clarence Jones Interview: On Being Martin Luther King Jr's Advisor & Speechwriter

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Clarence Jones tells the story of meeting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1960 and his initial hesitancy to be a part of Dr. King’s legal counsel until he saw him speak at a church service. He discusses being a part of Dr. King’s inner circle of advisors, serving as a speechwriter, contributing to the “I Have a Dream” (1963), and “Beyond Vietnam” (1967) speeches, and explains why America owes a great debt to Dr. King.
Clarence Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania On January 8, 1931. He graduated from Columbia University, and received his law degree from Boston University. Jones represented Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the landmark libel case New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), among other cases. After Dr. King’s assassination, Jones acted as a negotiator during the 1971 Attica Prison riots. Jones was named a Scholar in Residence at Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, during which time he wrote and published two books about his experiences with Dr. King. In addition, Jones was the first African-American partner in a Wall Street investment bank listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
From the HBO / Kunhardt Film Foundation (KFF) Documentary “King in the Wilderness” that follows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the last years of his life: from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in 1968, through personal stories of the people who were around him.
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Clarence Jones, Advisor and Personal Lawyer to Dr. King
Interviewed By: Trey Ellis
Interview Date: July 26, 2017
Chapters:
00:00 Meeting Dr. King and becoming his Lawyer
22:30 Tax Evasion Case
35:53 Stanley Levison
48:28 Nonviolence
58:41 Friendship with Dr. King
01:13:15 FBI Wiretapping
01:25:07 After the Voting Rights Act
01:34:10 FBI and Informants
01:43:06 Vietnam
02:02:12 Commitment to Nonviolence
02:05:43 Redemption March
02:11:52 Dr. King’s Assassination and Funeral
02:19:20 Dr. King’s Message For Today
02:31:05 Meredith March Against Fear
02:35:19 Poor People’s Campaign
02:39:40 The Gospel and Songs
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@GorillaPG22 Жыл бұрын

I can just listen and absorb all of these historical facts, stories, and lessons all day every day. Dr. King was such a gift to this world.

@shangosankofa9560 2 жыл бұрын

A student, a scholar, a professor, a teacher and a soldier who fought for me/us when I/we thought no one cared. My dad would be 93 as I write. I have great respect for your generation.

@7Neiman 4 жыл бұрын

So very surprised that multiple multiple millions of people have not heard this interview what a profound narrative of a time and a movement that changed the trajectory of this nation, of African-American people so grateful for men like Mr. Jones and his faithfulness to one of the greatest me n that ever lived Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

@mmarie294 6 ай бұрын

So very well said, thank you.

@tp1201 4 жыл бұрын

I want to Thank all of these intelligent, powerful, dedicated men for all of their hard work. I am truly grateful. And may God Bless each and every one of you. 💗

@tp1201 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Jones. Thank you for telling your story. Fascinating.

@teresapasley 6 ай бұрын

King in the Wilderness is a very profound documentary. Thank you for your transparency. Thank you Dr King for you service to us…we celebrate you. ❤

@MichelMawon4982 Жыл бұрын

Man, these interviews are wonderful

@melindamiller584 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your memories of your life and time with MLK , I can listen to you all day.

@brandoncallaway2619 7 ай бұрын

Tremendous! I particularly love his recounting of how Dr. King leveraged his intellectual prowess to get Mr. Jones to agree to join his team.

@lillieholmes4521 3 жыл бұрын

Wow what an awesome interesting interview, the STRUGGLE continues

@rodregodinero5654 3 жыл бұрын

Bless you for the interviews and thank you for posting. It's so good to learn about the things that couldn't be added to the documentary. Everyone involved in this did a beautiful job!

@deloreswillis9224 2 жыл бұрын

I definitely agree

@loisprimas5534 Жыл бұрын

New Jersey and I

@ShelleyMenin 4 ай бұрын

I am so proud of u Clarence. You are so wise and smart. Miss u. ❤️💕🙏

@J.B24 Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing interview

@lavonnewhite1532 Жыл бұрын

Bless the workmen who financed and produced this informative body series of history. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️. I have been enriched to know more about the great man called Dr. Martin Luther King Jr who God used to change the world, especially America. One of a kind. Thank God for His disciples.

@jonathanmitchell2930 Жыл бұрын

This interview as well as the others in the “King in the Wilderness” series are invaluable to history of USA. I know the documentary will probably never be as good as the interviews are but I think to try to close the gap between interviews & the produced documentary, the documentary needs to be multi-part. This documentary needs to be longer in order to give justice to the great material the interviewee’s gave. Thank you Mr. Jones & all the other persons who gave their time & recalled their experiences & memories of the civil rights movement. ✌🏾 RIP Brother Jones

@DavidHuber63 11 ай бұрын

Mesmerizing, is the word i searched for.

@GoldenGateNum9 Жыл бұрын

Amazing interview & interviews ❤❤

@philipjean-jacques5322 5 ай бұрын

I have only so far watch 24 minutes of this presentation. In that little time I have simply enjoyed it. Thank you and GOD bless you. Amen

@euclidofalexandria3786 3 жыл бұрын

The Only power that is truly eternal is that which heals...

@euclidofalexandria3786 3 жыл бұрын

The Way, Is his words as well... Man is not a destination, but both the goal and the bridge...

@deloreswillis9224 2 жыл бұрын

♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

@melindamiller584 3 ай бұрын

❤

@livefromplanetearth 2 жыл бұрын

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

@BartAnderson_writer Жыл бұрын

Moving

@flowplan925 4 ай бұрын

Flows 444

@heywardsanders1680 Жыл бұрын

The things I learned were not so hard to see. If those who carry good in them, they can be dragged up and down to try to move the good in them, but if they are not faking the good will stay in them. Those are the things we see in great leaders who stood against the storm, and the only things that were messed up were their clothes, skin, who might lose a body part, but what inside them still stands the same. Those are what you call committed people for the course. You can hear many things that the enemy will say about them, but the secret if you focus is that none of it will be revealed. Only the twisted minds that want other twisted minds to have something to talk about. See, the creature of the same habits does not change, good people stay the same, and no good lying people stay the same. Where the crowd is the same, who stays going for anything. Where their loudness is someone else's mind telling how to play, that puts the body in a danger zone. That we see some never make it, because they never pull their mind back when traveling through different situations. Where the one-track mind destroys the days, they will never see.

@euclidofalexandria3786 3 жыл бұрын

Photographic memories, but beware... at your own risk...

@nicetry4096 3 жыл бұрын

The most disrespectful placement of advertising ever attached to a video in the history of KZfaq.

@BenjamUniverse Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the Muslim he speaks about that gave Martin a hard time in the last 18 months of his life was Malcolm X.

@jamesmoses6092 2 ай бұрын

The holy ghost non violence disarms your adversary/ it transformed bull Conner to a steer.

@tomroberts9794 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your interview Mr Jones. I cannot agree with your assessment of the character and performance of James Comey.

@lillieholmes4521 3 жыл бұрын

Wow yes I know what Fannie L. Hummer did for Black people, and how she was physically BEATEN, we are still being beaten now,,, Just a different way,,,

@albertclark1606 Жыл бұрын

Yes thank. You Martin. They killed him. But thier day is coming in the resurrection of LORD JESUS.I CAN NOT KILL. LORD JESUS WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL EVIL DOERS

@jewellrodgers4737 5 ай бұрын

Malcolm was assassinated in February 1965 therefore he could not have been the Muslim Clarence Jones w.as talking about

@albertclark1606 Жыл бұрын

I THINK MARTIN LUTHER WAS TIRED AND DISAPPOINTED TIME AFTER TME. NOTHING WAS GOING THE WAY HE SEEN IT.WHICH IS LOVE BETWEEN BLACK AN WHITE.THAT'S WHY HE STATED HE HAD BEEN TO THE ⛰ TOP. GOD HAD CALLED HIM. HOME.YES THE RACIST PEOPLE KILLED HIM.I LOVED THAT MAN SO MUCH. WHAT WONDERFUL WORK HE DID. COULD HAVE DONE MORE IF IT WAS NOT FOR HATE. WAKE 👆 EVERYONE LOVE IS THE ANSWER.

@irisgonzalez-caulder9352 2 ай бұрын

-- today 5 - 14 - 24 Albert Clark 1606 God had called him home ? Albert Clark 1606 I disagree