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Dr. Clarence Jones facilitated the notes behind 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'

Megan Holston Alexander · Ben Horowitz in Conversation w/ Dr. Clarence B. Jones, MLK's Advisor and Speechwriter · Jan 31, 2025 · at 1:48

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Megan Holston Alexander, head of the Cultural Leadership Fund at Andreessen Horowitz, introduces Dr. Clarence B. Jones, legal counsel and advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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“He helped exchange notes that would later become the basis of letter from Birmingham jail.”

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The claim, plainly

Dr. Clarence B. Jones helped exchange the notes that formed the basis of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail.'

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Assessment

Historical records and firsthand accounts, including those documented by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, confirm that Dr. Clarence B. Jones was Dr. King's attorney and served as the courier who smuggled the handwritten notes out of Birmingham City Jail, which were then typed into the 'Letter from Birmingham Jail.'

During legal visits, King passed the scribbled notes to Dr. Clarence B. Jones, who smuggled them out under attorney-client privilege.
Jones delivered these smuggled papers to Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker and Willie Pearl Mackey to be transcribed into the final text.

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