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Civil rights leader James Lawson, organizer of 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike, dies at 95
WREG articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled...
Civil rights leader and nonviolent protest pioneer Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies in Los Angeles at 95
NBC Los Angeles· 4 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Department of Justice plans statements on Phoenix 'civil rights matter'
The Arizona Republic· 1 day agoThe Department of Justice has scheduled a virtual news conference Thursday morning about a civil...
A Virginia school board restored Confederate names. Now the NAACP is suing.
USA Today· 7 hours agoA civil rights organization has filed suit against a Virginia school board, claiming that Black...
Phoenix Police Department engaged in civil rights violations, DOJ finds
ABC News via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoA DOJ investigation found "systemic problems" within the department's policies, training,...
Civil rights leader who shared MLK’s nonviolent vision with young activists dead at 95
Birmingham News· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Cobb leader apologizes after graduation excluded student with Down syndrome
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 6 hours agoThe family of a student with Down syndrome filed a federal civil rights complaint asking, in part,...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoJr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from...
Civil rights icon Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
Los Angeles Daily News· 3 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, Uniontown native the Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95
Observer-Reporter· 2 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...