The Quest for Civil Rights: Clarence B. Jones

Clarence B. Jones was the personel councel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1960 when King was on trial for tax fraud, Jones was there to defend him. Many people do not know this, but Jones had a major role in King's Birmingham Campaign. When King was arrested and put into Birmingham jail, Clarence B. Jones was the one who secretly brought King's hand-written response letter to the Birmingham clergymen that did not agree with MLK's protests. Jones had to send this letter secretely because if he got caught by the authorities he could also be arrested. Clarence B. Jones was also the one who took responsibility of gathering money to bail King out of Birmingham jail. Even though a lot of his work was behind the scenes, Clarence B. Jones brought a lot to the Civil Rights Movement as Martin Luther King, Jr.'s advisor.

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A Walk Through Harlem

When I went on my walk through Harlem, one of the things that interested me was West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue, where the famous poet James Weldon Johnson lived. What was interesting about Harlem to me was that so many different people with different careers lived so close together in the same city. The Delany sisters lived close to where Johnson lived. His poetry had a major impact on how people viewed Harlem. James and the Delany sisters both had the same opinoin about Harlem: They all loved it a lot and they couldn't imagine living anyplace else.

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Expressions in Art

The Delaney talked about the civil rights protests in the Deep South and how African Americans were controlled. Even though neither of the sisters went to this particular protest, Bessie felt bad for the people shown in the picture about that were sprayed with a forceful fire hose. This is a very powerful picture for me because it shows how desperately the African Americans wanted equal rights for themselves and for future generations. Some were willing to give up anything to help the cause.