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James M. Lawson Jr., a Top Strategist for Dr. King, Is Dead at 95
New York Times· 3 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., a civil rights strategist for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who...
James Lawson, towering civil rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days ago...born Lawson — whose clipped speech and direct manner was a contrast to the more traditional...
James Lawson, Civil Rights Activist and MLK’s Chief Strategist, Dies at 95
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMartin Luther King Jr.'s family, Chef José Andrés, Cornel West and numerous others mourn the...
Opinion | Our Fathers Marched With M.L.K. Here’s What They Would Say to Activists Today.
New York Times· 4 days agoMs. Abernathy is an actress and author of “Partners To History: Martin Luther King, Ralph David...
Civil rights leader and nonviolent protest pioneer Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies in Los Angeles at 95
NBC Los Angeles· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 50 minutes agoHe taught Black Christian students that by resisting segregation, they were emulating Jesus, who...
Community remembers costs as 60th anniversary of Civil Rights Act nears
The Meridian Star· 2 days agoAt a commemoration event Friday at First Union Baptist Church, a historic Black church were Martin ...
The Worst Years in History (Yes, Worse Than 2020 and 2021)
Cheapism via AOL· 6 days agoThis was the year that most of the historians consulted chose as the one "likely to have been the...
Seattle community honors teen victim as city leaders urge swift action on gun violence
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe community came together Friday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park to honor the memory of a 17-year-old who ...
Civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr., who trained activists in nonviolent protest, has died at...
WTVA· 3 days agoLawson died in Los Angeles, Rev. Christian Washington told CNN Monday. Lawson was born in Uniontown,...