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Remembering Clarence B. Jones, MLK adviser who helped write 'I Have a Dream' speech

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.

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