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James Lawson, Civil Rights Activist and MLK’s Chief Strategist, Dies at 95
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 7 days agoMartin Luther King Jr.'s family, Chef José Andrés, Cornel West and numerous others mourn the...
Civil rights era leader dies at 95 | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 5 days agoLawson was a close adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who called him "the leading theorist...
James M. Lawson Jr., a Top Strategist for Dr. King, Is Dead at 95
New York Times· 7 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., a civil rights strategist for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who...
Rev. James Lawson's impact on Nashville's civil rights history will never be forgotten
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged Lawson to move to Nashville and start teaching nonviolent ...
Famous fathers in history and the lessons we can learn from them
Rolling Out· 3 days agoThroughout history, many fathers have left an indelible mark on the world, not just through their...
Uncovering Dad’s unsung bravery during the Civil Rights Movement
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 2 days agoEditor's note: The writer's father, Everett Fifield Jr., was originally from Council Bluffs and...
U.S. Mourns Death of Rev. James M. Lawson, `One of Our Nation's Noblest Leaders' - Los Angeles...
Los Angeles Sentinel· 5 days agoTributes continued this week for the Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman United Methodist Church ...
11 TV Hill: Book examines musicians' impact on Black America
WBAL-TV Baltimore· 1 day agoA NEW BOOK ON RHETORIC AND BLACK MUSIC EXAMINES THE ROLES THAT THESE MUSICIANS PLAYED IN SOCIAL AND...
We must remember the heroes of the AIDS epidemic, not just the trauma
Las Vegas Sun· 2 days agoBobbi Campbell in a scene from David Weissman’s film “We Were Here,” a documentary about the height...
Former astronaut who took iconic Earthrise photo dies in plane crash
San Jose Mercury News· 7 days agoWilliam Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting ...