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Civil rights icon Opal Lee gets the keys to a home 85 years in the making in Fort Worth
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 5 hours agoIn Fort Worth, a civil rights icon is finally coming home. Dr. Opal Lee, known as the Grandmother of...
Rev. James Lawson, giant of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 4 days ago(This story has been updated with additional details.) Rev. James Lawson, a leader of the Civil...
James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 4 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson, a United Methodist minister who became a principal tactician of nonviolent...
Rev. James Lawson Jr., icon of the Civil Rights Movement and longtime LA pastor, dead at 95
FOX 11 News Los Angeles· 4 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman...
'A dream come true,' Community celebrates new home for Opal Lee
KLAX-TV· 5 hours agoCivil rights activist Opal Lee, also known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, brought the community...
1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts – KION546
KION 46 Salinas· 5 hours agoFollowing that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil rights bills including the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act....
Civil rights violations against Phoenix protesters: What the DOJ report says
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 12 hours ago"You have a First Amendment right to protest and freedom of speech," Taylor said. "And these...
Civil Rights leader, the Rev. James Lawson Jr., dies at 95
The Florence Times-Daily· 4 days agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled...
Civil rights icon Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
Los Angeles Daily News· 4 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...
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoI have studied Lawson for more than 20 years, and I argue that he was among the most important...