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The Rev. James Lawson Jr., Civil Rights Leader Who Preached Nonviolent Protest, Dies at 95
Skanner· 6 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained ...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 6 days agoA key architect of the Civil Rights Movement has died. The Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face of brutality. A Methodist ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 hours agoPublic schools in Texas are one step closer to no longer being required to teach about various American civil rights movements in social studies classes. Bloomberg reports ...
Canton Police Department releases personnel file of K-9 officer as civil rights group calls for...
WKYC Cleveland· 6 hours agoA civil rights group in Canton is calling for changes within the police department, following the...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 32 minutes agoJustin Blake, the uncle of Jacob Blake, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office and its employees on Tuesday, as noted by the Associated ...
Colorado Supreme Court to hear arguments in transgender cake case
AOL· 1 hour agoColorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition, one of three such cases from the state that ...
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoI have studied Lawson for more than 20 years, and I argue that he was among the most important...
Rock Hill Friendship Nine member John Gaines dies
WJZY via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoFLORENCE, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – John Gaines, a member of the heralded Friendship Nine group that was arrested after staging a sit-in at a whites-only...
Civil rights era leader dies at 95 | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 6 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 2 hours agoCivil rights attorney Benjamin Crump stood beside the family of Alegend Jones moments after they watched video footage leading up to the teen’s death. Crump said they viewed ...
