Clarence B. Jones — who helped draft Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech — told Axios the late civil rights leader would be "astonished if Trump were re-elected, but not that he is a candidate for president again."

Why it matters: Jones, MLK's lawyer, was a direct witness to some of the biggest moments of the Civil Rights Movement.

Driving the news: Jones is out with "Last of the Lions," an autobiography co-authored by Stuart Connelly that takes readers "across his whole life" — organized from idea to idea.

• Jones smuggled out King's famous "Letter From Birmingham Jail," which was written on scraps of newsprint and toilet paper.
• He also acted as an ambassador between King and Malcolm X.

What he's saying: "What the world fails to remember about Dr. King is his steadfast commitment to the exercise and dedication to a commonly acceptable standard or political morality," said Jones, who answered Axios' questions via Connelly.

• "He would not understand philosophical concepts of 'alternative truths,' or alternative 'facts.'"

Summarizing Jones' message to Americans today, Connelly said: "When you're in the moment, you don't know you're making history. Nothing is for certain, nothing is preordained."

• "Don't be complacent, and realize that you have to make the next bit of history."

The one thing Jones would want the world to remember about King, who would've turned 95 today: