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Clarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write 'I Have A Dream' speech, dies at 95

Clarence B. Jones, a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped pen his famous "I Have A Dream" speech, has died. He was 95.

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What happened Clarence B. Jones, a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped pen his famous "I Have A Dream" speech, has died. He was 95.
The headline split One side frames it as "‘Stood at the center of history’: Clarence B. Jones, civil rights lawyer and key adviser...". The other frames it as "Clarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write 'I Have A Dream' speech, dies at 95".
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Left / center-left‘Stood at the center of history’: Clarence B. Jones, civil rights lawyer and key adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

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Right / center-rightClarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write 'I Have A Dream' speech, dies at 95

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The Washington TimesNews report · May 26, 10:23 PM

Clarence B. Jones, who helped MLK write 'I Have A Dream' speech, dies at 95

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Clarence B. Jones, a former speechwriter and confidante of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped pen his famous "I Have A Dream" speech, has died. He was 95.

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TheGrioNews report · May 26, 8:15 PM

‘Stood at the center of history’: Clarence B. Jones, civil rights lawyer and key adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

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Jones, who helped shape King’s monumental ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-President

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