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The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader's family says
KVUE-TV Austin· 6 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Rev. James Lawson, civil rights leader who led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides,...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLawson was recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lawson spent decades in Los Angeles working...
“It’s Time for a Resurrection, Not an Insurrection” | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly· 5 days agoBefore his death, Dr. King had set in motion the Poor People’s Campaign, an unprecedented crusade...
Rev. James Lawson fought injustice with love and nonviolence. The work is incomplete
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days agoUltimately, everyone understood that a follow-up to the Montgomery bus boycott was needed to...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the civil rights movement, dies at 95
NPR· 6 days agoMartin Luther King, Jr. It was 1957, and King was fresh off the successful Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama which integrated public ...