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James Lawson, towering civil rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHouse. "His impact in Memphis and the world has yet to be recognized." Minister, professor,...
Rev. James Lawson, civil rights leader who led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides,...
LA Times via AOL· 6 days agoLawson was recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lawson spent decades in Los Angeles working...
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 4 days agoThe famous “I Have a Dream” speech, arguably the best-known public statement by Martin Luther King Jr., was given at the 1963 March on Washington for...
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 4 days agoThe famous “I Have a Dream” speech, arguably the best-known public statement by Martin Luther King Jr., was given at the 1963 March on Washington for...
King and queen of the Netherlands pay tribute to MLK during visit to Atlanta
Midland Reporter-Telegram· 6 days agoThe king and queen of the Netherlands began a four-day tour of the U.S. on Monday in Atlanta, where...
Rev. James Lawson, made Nashville lunch counter sit-ins a model for fighting racial barriers, has...
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoJames M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who became the teacher of the civil rights movement,...
King and queen of the Netherlands pay tribute to MLK during visit to Atlanta - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 6 days agoThe visit — and its focus on Black cultural sites — comes less than a year after the king apologized...
King and queen of the Netherlands pay tribute to MLK during visit to Atlanta
Associated Press· 6 days agoThe visit — and its focus on Black cultural sites — comes less than a year after the king apologized...
Former Booker T. Washington gym to be renovated
Rocky Mount Telegram· 5 days agoThe former Booker T. Washington High School gymnasium, where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech more than six decades ago that included...
Civil rights icon Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
Los Angeles Daily News· 6 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...