The pioneering African-American polymath also co-authored MLK's "Beyond Vietnam" speech and became the first Black allied member of the New York Stock Exchange before entering academics in his later years.
Clarence B. Jones, who helped write Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, has died at 95 after a lengthy career in law, media, finance, and education.
The Catholic-raised Black activist received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden in 2024.
