Clarence B. Jones

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Clarence Benjamin Jones (January 8, 1931 – May 22, 2026) was an American lawyer and the personal counsel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr. He was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Jones was a scholar in residence at the Martin Luther King Jr. Institute at Stanford University. He was the author of What Would Martin Say? (HarperCollins, 2008) and Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011). His book Last of the Lions was released on August 1, 2023 (Redhawk Publications). Jones served as chairman of the non-profit Spill the Honey Foundation. Jones purpose as chairman of Spill the Honey Foundation was stated, "“An example of a current initiative to restore this coalition is the Spill the Honey Foundation in Detroit, MI. They seek to rebuild the historical coalition that existed between the African American and Jewish communities. Spill the Honey uses...

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