Xernona Clayton Interview: The Surprising Humor of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Xernona Clayton discusses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s plan of love to fight the evils of poverty, injustice, and maltreatment. She recalls getting Dr. King to laugh on his last birthday when he was depressed, says he was the funniest man alive and talks about how he was always late.
Xernona Clayton was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She graduated from Tennessee State Agricultural and Industrial College and completed her graduate degree from the University of Chicago. Clayton began her career in the Civil Rights Movement with the National Urban League in Chicago before moving to Atlanta in 1965 and working side by side with Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In 1967 she became the first African American in the Southeast to have her own prime-time television talk show, The Xernona Clayton Show, broadcast on the local CBS affiliate. By 1970, Clayton joined Turner Broadcasting System, where she spent thirty years as a corporate executive including Corporate Vice President for Urban Affairs.
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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Xernona Clayton, Friend and Organizer, SCLC
Interview By: Trey Ellis
Interview Date: March 28, 2017
Chapters
00:00 Meeting Dr. King
08:59 King In The Wilderness
26:22 Dr. King’s Personal Side
34:00 Coretta Scott King and Children
56:16 Dr. King was not Punctual
01:04:50 Dr. King’s Family
01:10:10 Dr. King’s Assassination
01:45:28 Funny Stories About Dr. King
01:50:58 FBI
02:04:23 President Johnson
02:06:05 Dr. King’s Legacy
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Пікірлер: 31
@elliottparker6389
@elliottparker6389 3 ай бұрын
I love her story telling about the King Family. Genuine! ❤
@Writeitout8
@Writeitout8 4 жыл бұрын
Very insightful. I wish there was something like this soley on Coretta. Maybe some day.
@samanthacanty7256
@samanthacanty7256 Жыл бұрын
Made a mistake by watching this at work 😢 I just couldn’t stop the tears from falling 😢…..
@lingeringquestions519
@lingeringquestions519 3 жыл бұрын
I've become a big fan of hers recently and I just love hearing her talk about Martin Luther King.
@Whalee39
@Whalee39 Жыл бұрын
This is so powerful. Great storyteller and such an instrumental woman to the King family. Thank you ma’am for sharing your memories.🙏🏽♥️
@GorillaPG22
@GorillaPG22 Жыл бұрын
Thankyou very much Madaam Clayton for your commitment and friendship to the Kings and sharing your historical experiences and perspective with us
@tp1201
@tp1201 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, for this interview. I love hearing about Dr. King. 💚
@deloreswillis9224
@deloreswillis9224 Жыл бұрын
Amen
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 00:35 when Dr. King thought he was the cat’s meow 😂 I live for moments like these madam Clayton. Thank You 🙏🏾 for sharing these moments with us ♥️🤩🥰🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡💕
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 01:48-49 putting people at ease is so heartfelt and heartwarming 🥺♥️ I wish I could hear Dr. King singing ♥️
@deloreswillis9224
@deloreswillis9224 Жыл бұрын
Me 2
@brianwilliams4570
@brianwilliams4570 6 ай бұрын
One of the most powerful interviews and detailed accounts of the unknown occurrings. I choked back tears throughout. The part about the clothes; the goodness of all, moved me greatly. Her meeting with Mrs. Kennedy, etc…, was endearing.
@henrydavis9953
@henrydavis9953 Жыл бұрын
She is such an inspiration ❤❤❤
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 01:50 “We got to solve this problem of poverty” Dr. King 🥺♥️ Someday someday someday 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
@milesclarke6592
@milesclarke6592 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful interview!
@ejonesjones3
@ejonesjones3 5 ай бұрын
I always have love listening to Dr Martin Luther King his speeches and his messages he always expressed every things he was good on every things he done ✔️ even his millions miles March to washton he didn't let any things bother him he said I free at last thank God almighty I am free at so I am so thankful to this family's for sharing for all people black, white people off all color.he didn't discrimate so thankful for everything he done for all God children...❤️ 💙 ..
@ejonesjones3
@ejonesjones3 5 ай бұрын
Too Washington DC
@yvonnepayne6675
@yvonnepayne6675 2 жыл бұрын
Every time Rev. Martin Luther king Jr birthday comes around I get really sad. He was an angel sent from God Not many people like him these days. When we were kids we looked at him as if he was our father. Lol Dad was born same year same month,but a day apart. God bless MLK
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 01:30 I tear up I can’t imagine how difficult it must have been for Madam Coretta to stay composed 🥺🥺🥺🥺 Dr. King was a True Pacifist in a violent world 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 00:39 Madam Coretta didn’t fight His Cause. She Joined His Cause 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡♥️ I love this interview such a treasure trove 💕
@mstra2341
@mstra2341 3 ай бұрын
Cute story!
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 02:15 Amazing interview have to share this 🥺♥️
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 00:58 made me laugh 😂 I love it here ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
@yessumyessum6624
@yessumyessum6624 5 ай бұрын
Finally, a comment that doesn't mention crying or tears... I'm tired of people posting that they cried. I like focusing on positive things in spite of the sadness.
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 01:42 Heart wrenching 🥺
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 00:51 made me tear up 🥺
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 01:01 Best Dad Ever ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🥰
@evolutionmelanin8017
@evolutionmelanin8017 Жыл бұрын
At 00:55 heartbreaking
@TomAdams-hy3ik
@TomAdams-hy3ik 2 жыл бұрын
I was incorrectly (according to GDOL) denied by the Board of Review members Harvey K Persons III aged 74 and Xernona C Brady aged 92. I’m sure they’re both spry senior citizens but since they both incorrectly denied me I question the training and continuing education they would need to perform such and important job.
@TomAdams-hy3ik
@TomAdams-hy3ik 2 жыл бұрын
I first applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) May 2020 with the Georgia Department of Labor. After being denied PUA, I appealed to the Appeal Tribunal of the GDOL. While waiting months for my appeal to be heard, I was finally called by a GDOL employee who assured me I would win my appeal that was scheduled for July 12, 2021. She told me that since I was in the appeal process there was nothing else she could do. Therefore, I was shocked when the expert with the Appeal Tribunal upheld my denial of PUA. After being denied in my appeal by that expert, I appealed to the experts at the Board of Review at GDOL and was again denied by the Board of Review members Harvey K Persons III aged 74 and Xernona C Brady aged 92. I’m sure they’re both spry senior citizens but since they both incorrectly denied me I question the training and continuing education they would need to perform such an important and demanding job. Again I was shocked since my reading of PUA regulations led me to believe I should have been approved. After these three experts denied my appeal I took my case to the Athens-Clarke County Superior Court. Once I appealed to the Superior Court I was notified, the morning we were supposed to go to court, that my appeal denial was reversed by GDOL and I had won my appeal. It took almost 2 years and the cost of a lawyer to have the GDOL approve my PUA. I would like to know how the Appeal Tribunal and the Board of Review, as experts (after having over a year to become experts on PUA) denied my request, then just hours before my appeal was going to someone outside of GDOL control, my appeal was suddenly approved. Then after having all my funds, $22,000, placed in the GoProgram debit card (when I requested it go to my checking account) I followed GDOL documentation and called the number, provided by GDOL, to have the funds transferred to my checking account. There is no option to transfer funds and no option to speak to customer service. After searching the internet I found another number to call with the GoProgram card and was informed the option to transfer funds had been discontinued. Another failure of GDOL Now the only way I can access my funds is making 44 daily $500 cash withdrawals at specific ATMs. Of course my local bank will be very suspicious when I make all these cash deposits and report me to the US Treasury Department with a Currency Transaction Report and/or a Suspicious Activity Report. Another failure of GDOL. Based on the suspicious way my case was suddenly approved just hours before it was going to be reviewed by someone outside of GDOL control, I would suggest engaging an outside firm to review all PUA denials by the experts at GDOL. I suspect most unemployed people that were denied by these experts would give up based on lack of funds to hire a lawyer or they mistakenly relied on the judgment of the GDOL experts. Also, I’m concerned as to why my funds were forwarded to the GoProgram debit card instead of to my checking account as I requested. Is GDOL or someone at GDOL receiving some kind of incentive for funds being sent to the GoProgram? I would have hoped to discuss this with someone from GDOL but it’s impossible to speak with anyone directly.
@yvonnepayne6675
@yvonnepayne6675 2 жыл бұрын
Every time Rev. Martin Luther king Jr birthday comes around I get really sad. He was an angel sent from God Not many people like him these days. When we were kids we looked at him as if he was our father. Lol Dad was born same year same month,but a day apart. God bless MLK
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