Birthday: January 8, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: Clarence Benjamin Jones
Clarence B. Jones was born on January 8, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Clarence Benjamin Jones.
]on Martin Luther King at 'The March on Washington', August 28, 1963] If you listen to the speech ca...Show more »
]on Martin Luther King at 'The March on Washington', August 28, 1963] If you listen to the speech carefully - and this is important as we reflect now fifty years back - if you listen to the syntax of his reference to the dream, he does not speak in the present tense. He speaks in the future tense. He's speaking in his hope and belief in America. 'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character'. Future tense. Dr. King's speech was an affirmation of his prophetic belief that America had the capacity to be the best that it could be. The 'I Have a Dream' speech was a summons, a call, to the collective conscience of America, that we can be better than this. We can be better than this! Show less «
