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The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
theGrio via AOL· 5 days agoAl Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, called Lawson “the ultimate preacher, prophet, and activist.” “In his senior years, I was privileged to spend time with him ...
James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoUCLA professor Vinay Lal recalls his friend the Rev. James Lawson, who died this week, as being...
Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s legacy lives on in Nashville
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Rev. James Lawson, a storied civil rights leader, died on Monday at age 95 in Los Angeles. Lawson is widely known as the...
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...
U.S. Mourns Death of Rev. James M. Lawson, `One of Our Nation's Noblest Leaders' - Los Angeles...
Los Angeles Sentinel· 4 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 in South
Civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr., who trained activists in nonviolent protest, has died at...
CNN.com· 6 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights icon who trained activists in nonviolent protest, died...
Juneteenth events in Tri-Cities honor end of slavery, celebrate Black freedom
Tri-City Herald McClatchy via AOL· 23 hours agoAbdelrahim would like to attend Columbia Basin College or Washington State University Tri-Cities to...
Universal Studios offers a free day with the purchase of regular admission
CBS News· 2 days agoThe special "Buy a Day, Get a 2nd Day Free" offer rolled out Thursday and runs through Oct. 9, with...
Protesters gather downtown as Biden LA fundraiser gets underway
Los Angeles Daily News· 10 hours agoMore than a hundred pro-Palestine protesters gathered in Downtown Los Angeles Saturday outside a...
Civil rights leader James Lawson, organizer of 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike, dies at 95
WREG articles via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled...