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We are proud to host Dr. Clarence B. Jones at our annual Martin Luther King celebration. The evening will include a performance by The Harker School Orchestra. A reception will be held afterwards.
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Clarence B. Jones served as legal counsel, strategic advisor, and draft speechwriter to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1960 until King’s assassination in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. Vanity Fair called him the man who kept King’s secrets; Jones was privy to King’s decision-making processes and political struggles. He is credited with writing the first seven paragraphs of the iconic I Have A Dream speech. He currently serves as the chairman of the Spill the Honey Foundation, an organization dedicated to Black-Jewish relations. He also founded the Dr. Clarence B. Jones Institute for Social Advocacy and serves as the founding director emeritus of the Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the University of San Francisco.
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The Harker Speaker Series launched in 2008 to bring leaders and visionaries from a wide variety of fields to share their expertise or unique experiences with the community.
The Harker Concert Series launched in 2010-11 as part of the school’s ongoing commitment to share thoughtful, entertaining and engaging events with the greater Bay Area community.
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