Monday marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Below is a transcript of his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. NPR's Talk of the Nation ...
Clarence B. Jones, a top civil rights activist and lawyer who helped write part of Dr.
Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer and adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died last week. Jones helped King write his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. He was 95.
A confidant and lawyer for Martin Luther King, he was an unseen hand behind major civil rights events, including the 1963 ...