I'm just thinking, you'll have a royal family where the king and queen, the king still being very ill, is living in Clarence House, his brother living basically in exile on the private bit of Sandringham, it'sprivate, but a really private bit of Sandringham that we never really see.
But she wanted to be working in Manhattan, not Queens. Clarence "Pop" Foster, the MC of the Apollo, said she was a fat slob who wore the same common, ugly dressevery night. Excuse me-- he was the comedian, not the MC.
Well, when you talk about San Francisco and bohemians, you have to go back to the turn of the 20th century. Clarence Edwords write this great book, "Bohemian San Francisco," and he's talking about really the same attitude, the same live and let live, we don'tneed to spend a lot of money on our food, we can still have great food.
and they were eating the foods that they thought of as familiar to them. And Clarence Edwords, as the San Francisco Chronicle's food writer, went to all these wonderful restaurants, and he wrote about that. And that's a missed opportunity for San Francisco to become known for sashimi early on.
Anyway so Bobby in this-- I think the other character that shows up in this is Clarence , who is a young journeyman angel. And Clarence has lots of questions, because he's just learning how to do this stuff. OK, so Bobby has just finished arguing on behalf of a recently deceased soul, and that's what's
going on at the moment. And Clarence is accompanying him because Clarence is a new angel. "But he wasn't a bad guy," Clarence told me afterward as we grabbed a burger at a roadside diner.
double feature every Saturday and I think that's where I fell in love with the movies I also loved politics I thought I was going to be a litigator a politician Clarence daro Jr something like that and then in college I took an acting class and uh found that I liked show people a lot and I wanted to be in a culture of people who I really liked and it was and I like to work in an
He was in his mid '80s. His name was Clarence Ducky Nash. And so we participated in this quack-off and I won.
He couldn't see it. Which meant that if Clarence was really what they claimed he was-- a new advocate in training-- he'd have to learn the hard way like the rest of us had. See, heaven's judges have their own ideas, and don't like being lectured on how morality should work.
Matthew: Hi my name is Matthew Ballow; I'm almost 18 years old. I am from Clarence , New York which is a town outside of Buffalo. I go to school at Clarence Senior High.
There have been ups and downs in my life. I didn't know what Clarence Thomas would do.
today ain't going to be no more room left in the circle Pierre Lewis Michael Wilson Jr Clarence
The two never married, and did not appear to have much of a relationship beyond the night that created baby Eleanora. There is little evidence that Clarence had contact with Sadie, and even less evidence of financial support. Jobs for black women were limited, and Sadie had difficulty finding work as a live-in maid, because white families usually did not
And Clarence is accompanying him because Clarence is a new angel. "But he wasn't a bad guy," Clarence told me afterward as we grabbed a burger at a roadside diner. "Why did you agree to purgatory?" "Because even though it was only a property crime, it was a breach of trust and those can go pretty severely.
I am from Clarence , New York which is a town outside of Buffalo. I go to school at Clarence Senior High. I like to read and watch movies.
to be president um of course we wouldn't celebrate for every African-American they're African-Americans and they're African-Americans right I mean if Clarence Thomas were to run for president of the United States would we be running out and supporting him because he's African-American no absolutely not so there it's more than
he thought he could reach out and somehow this would work. It's about consciousness But she's kind of the Clarence Thomas of the situation.
Human souls. It hurts bad when I lose a case, but it hurts them much worse than it does me. "Hey, Clarence ," I asked as I pulled my jacket on. "You want a ride home?" "I wish you'd stop calling me that," he said. "I've seen "It's A Wonderful Life," you know.
Lastly, he is writing his autobiography, "Memoirs of a Wintertime Soldier." So, without further ado, Dr. Clarence B. Jones. Dr. Clarence Jones: Thank you very much. This is my second time here at Google. The first time, I came to be with my god-daughter, Soledad O'Brien. And so, when you had this special program in, I had a chance to see the campus and so forth as I said.
a chapter where you write about James Earl Ray. And as you would say, it's truth-telling time. In your opinion, what would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. say about his assassination? Dr. Clarence Jones: In my opinion, one of the things he might say is that he would forgive James Earl Ray, but he would not forgive the United States government and media that would
What is the greatest obstacle to achieving colorblind equality and what can we do to confront it? Dr. Clarence Jones: OK. First, let me respond and define because you use a phrase which is frequently used and I've used it myself, but I want us to be speaking in the same language and the same baseline.
LaFawn Bailey: I'll read a question from our moderator page. "If you were to rewrite the speech for today's audience, what would you change, if anything?" Dr. Clarence Jones: Well, it's interesting that you should say that because one of the things I'm contemplating is that 2013 is going to be the 50th anniversary from the march on Washington and the "I Have a Dream" speech and I am contemplating drafting
FEMALE #1: Hi, Dr. Jones. Dr. Clarence Jones: Yes. FEMALE #1: Thank you for coming today. My question is this, and as you mentioned, unfortunately, many of the leaders that you marched alongside and worked alongside are no longer with us
anybody that you see now as the up and coming rising star? And if so, and even if not, what advice would you give them? Dr. Clarence Jones: Well, there are lots of up and coming rising stars, a new generation of leaders. But here, I'm gonna have to give you an answer that I've given ad nauseum. And so, maybe some of you have read it or heard it because I've given it on NPR.
LaFawn Bailey: Thank you. I'll ask one more Dory question here. It says, "At first, you were hesitant to leave domestic tranquility-- Dr. Clarence Jones: Oh, I know what that is. LaFawn Bailey: "to help a total stranger, Dr. King. Could you talk about the important role that your wife played in encouraging you to get involved?"
LaFawn Bailey: "to help a total stranger, Dr. King. Could you talk about the important role that your wife played in encouraging you to get involved?" Dr. Clarence Jones: Well, I have to make this, a long answer, short. But in 1960, Dr. King was indicted by the State of Alabama for lying on his tax for federal tax evasion.
LaFawn Bailey: Well, thank goodness for her. Dr. Clarence Jones: Right. LaFawn Bailey: OK, next question.
FEMALE #3: Hi. You alluded to this a little bit as you were speaking, but can you talk a little bit more about how Dr. King's religious convictions influenced all that he stood for? Dr. Clarence Jones: How his religious convictions? His religious convictions defined to the core who he was. He was a fourth generation Baptist preacher. He was encyclopedic with the knowledge
So, and I know this is a big question, in your opinion, where are we on race in America today? Dr. Clarence Jones: We have, America, has come a long distance, a great distance on the question, to use your words, on race in America today. The election of Barack Obama
marriage equality. What do you believe we in the latter struggle can learn from the former? How best can we build movements that are inclusive of all?" Dr. Clarence Jones: Well, the first thing to do, however, is you want to avoid making a profound political mistake. They have to see the qualitative difference between the
against President Obama in 2012." What was your reasoning behind this statement? Dr. Clarence Jones: My reasoning behind the statement was that I had, at that time, had seen President Obama make what --, a number of cumulative compromises--a number of compromises
against President Obama in 2012." What was your reasoning behind this statement? Dr. Clarence Jones: No. The future I see today is by far greater than the future that
against President Obama in 2012." What was your reasoning behind this statement? Dr. Clarence Jones: Can I say one final thing?
against President Obama in 2012." What was your reasoning behind this statement? Dr. Clarence Jones: OK. You know, last, on Dr. King's birthday, on January 15th--it was earlier this year--I was very pleased when Stanford University had a banner opening
So when she came to an applicant who have given the benefit of every doubt fell decisively short, she was relieved. Here was one she did not have to bring to committee, sell to her colleagues, sell to Clarence . The math geeks who hadn't done any math outside of school, only if room. The literary types who were poor writers, only if room. The faux philosophers high on Nietzsche and Ayn Rand who hoped only to find professors worthy of having them as a student, she had no need to travel David with their essays. Such as,
a legacy which vastly decreased the likelihood of a belligerent phone call if he was rejected. She could probably terminate the application without consulting Clarence . "Well, let's do this. Let's have a conversation. And if we come into something I think my boss needs to hear about, I'll stop you and you can think about it, okay?" "Yes," she said after a minute.
said to me when we went across the Edmund Pettus Bridge there was no guarantee we were all going to come out the same on the other side he said Clarence Thomas went across the Edmund Pettus Bridge too now he's speaking figuratively you understand but
There have been ups and downs in my life. And "Emerge" Magazine wanted to put on the cover a photo of Clarence Thomas in a mammy headscarf.
After decades of legal study and 25 years of service as one of America's top Judges, he's been fully briefed. Now, we don't know about Clarence Thomas because Clarence Thomas, as you may or may not know, has actually not spoken in the chamber for seven years, something like that.
I'm with the Global Diversity and Inclusion Team. I'm also a member of the Black Googler's Network. So, on behalf of the Network and Authors at, I'd like to welcome you here today. I have the absolute pleasure of introducing D. Clarence B Jones. His remarks today are titled, "Reflections on The Legacy of Martin Luther King, Junior and Black History Month." Dr Jones is a--. I'm just gonna give you a few highlights 'cause
dance beat. I actually had Clarence Clemons from the A Street Band come in and play saxophone on it.
He actually walked a person off of death row in the early '90s, Clarence Brantley, and freed a woman named Joyce Anne
In 1963, this man, Clarence Earl Gideon, his case went to the Supreme Court.
at every passerby. Foul streets, foul people, and foul tenements filled with foul air. That is Pigtown." Billie Holiday was the offspring of a one-night dalliance at a carnival between 16-year-old Clarence Holiday and 18-year-old Sarah Harris, nee Fagan, who was nicknamed Sadie.
which is what I'm most familiar with. Anyway so Bobby in this-- I think the other character that shows up in this is Clarence , who is a young journeyman angel. And Clarence has lots of questions, because he's just learning how to do this stuff.
Court. I think it was in 2009, Clarence Thomas wrote the decision, so you know which way it's going. And you know he didn't really consider the scientific evidence and that's
the conspiracy that James Earl Ray and obviously the others, weren't the ones that organized pulling the trigger. Do you think that Vietnam actually influenced his death along with the Kennedys? Dr. Clarence Jones: I think that his public opposition to the war in Vietnam, I think more on a continuing basis is beginning his raising the issue of poverty and income inequality
"Dr. King survived the Civil Rights Movement, but was killed a month before the Poor People's March on Washington. If he were alive today, how would he try to change the heart of the country on the issue of economic justice?" Dr. Clarence Jones: He would say that that is the central core question confronting America today. Income, inequality, economic injustice, as you say, I think that he would totally
When you hear the blues, you think about BB King, you think about Little Milton Campbell, you think about Joe Williams, you think about Clarence T-Bone
For a being made entirely of holy light, he kind of had a stick up his ass. "Trust me, our boy will do that time in purgatory standing on his head." "But these are people's lives," Clarence said, so concerned to make his point he didn't notice the tomato and onions sliding out the back of his burger into his lap.