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Rev. James Lawson, civil rights leader who led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides,...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLawson was recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lawson spent decades in Los Angeles working...
James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 5 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson, a United Methodist minister who became a principal tactician of nonviolent...
James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
Los Angeles Times· 7 hours agoUCLA historian Vinay Lal remembers speaking alongside the Rev. James Lawson during a panel...
Rev. James Lawson, giant of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 5 days ago(This story has been updated with additional details.) Rev. James Lawson, a leader of the Civil...
Rev. James Lawson Jr., icon of the Civil Rights Movement and longtime LA pastor, dead at 95
FOX 11 News Los Angeles· 5 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman...
James Lawson, Civil Rights Activist and MLK’s Chief Strategist, Dies at 95
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMartin Luther King Jr.'s family, Chef José Andrés, Cornel West and numerous others mourn the...
Civil rights icon Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
Los Angeles Daily News· 5 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles, died...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's celebrations happening in Nashville and what is open and closed
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth events in Nashville The following events will be taking place until June 19 in Nashville and surrounding cities. Many events are free however others require tickets. Juneteenth < ...
Reverend James Lawson, civil rights activist and nonviolent protest pioneer dies at 95
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoVanderbilt University began to make that right in 2006 when then-university president Gordon Gee...
James Lawson, US civil rights leader who championed nonviolence, dies at 95
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJames Lawson, a prominent civil rights leader whose advocacy of nonviolent protest influenced Martin...