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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