Clarence Jones Clarence B. Jones has built a distinguished and heralded career, in which he has worked as draft speechwriter, personal counsel and advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Twice selected by Fortune Magazine as a "Business Man of The Month", Mr. Jones' career spans several decades. He was the first African-American to become a partner in a Wall Street investment banking firm, Carter, Berlind & Weill, Inc. and an Allied Member of the New York Stock Exchange.