- Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project
- Title:
- Clarence B. Jones oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Palo Alto, California, 2013-04-15
- Creator:
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Cline, David P., 1969-
Jones, Clarence B. - Date of Original:
- 2013-04-15
- Subject:
- African American lawyers--Interviews
African American veterans--Interviews
Civil rights movements--United States
African American civil rights workers--Interviews
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Korean War, 1950-1953--Participation, African American - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Location:
- United States, California, Santa Clara County, 37.23249, -121.69627
United States, California, Santa Clara County, Palo Alto, 37.44188, -122.14302 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
transcripts
moving images - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Format:
- image/gif
image/jpeg
image/jp2
image/tiff
text/xml
application/pdf
application/x-video
image/jpeg - Description:
- Dr. Clarence B. Jones shares memories from his work as a legal advisor and speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In particular, he describes his significant contributions to the "I Have a Dream" speech, which King delivered at the March on Washington in 1963. Jones also describes his early life living in a Philadelphia home for indigent black orphans and foster children, because his parents, who were both domestic workers, could not afford to provide for him. Jones talks about his education at Columbia University, his training as a classical clarinetist, and some of his early encounters with leftist politics while in New York. Jones discusses the death of his mother and the profound effect it had on him. He describes his time spent in the military during the Korean War. Other topics discussed in the interview include Jones's marriage to Anne Norton, his studies at Boston University Law School, and his move to California to become an entertainment lawyer.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/afc2010039_crhp0084/
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 12 video files of 12 (Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (163 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (62 pages)
- Original Collection:
- Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Contributing Institution:
- American Folklife Center
- Rights: