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James Lawson, US civil rights leader who championed nonviolence, dies at 95
WSAU Wausau· 6 days agoBy Jasper Ward (Reuters) - James Lawson, a prominent civil rights leader whose advocacy of...
Opinion: James Lawson and the enduring lessons of nonviolence
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoAs a civil rights activist, at his Los Angeles church and in his practice of nonviolence, James...
Rev. James Lawson, longtime civil rights activist, dead at 95
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 6 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights activist who advocated for nonviolent protest and the...
Civil rights leader James Lawson Jr. dies at 95
Politico· 6 days agoLawson met King in 1957, after spending three years in India soaking up knowledge about Mohandas K. Gandhi’s independence movement. King would travel to...
Civil rights era leader dies at 95 | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 4 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
FOX 13 Memphis· 6 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Rearview Mirror: Readers remember Kress and Woolworth stores | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Honolulu Star-Advertiser· 2 days agoFrom the 1930s through the 1970s, two retail “variety” stores were very popular in the islands: S.H....
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
Chicago Sun-Times· 6 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Why Newsom’s long shot for federal gun control isn’t panning out
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoIn June 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a U.S. Constitutional amendment that would ban assault...
The Truth Behind Claims Black People Couldn't Buy Vanilla Ice Cream Under Jim Crow
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn the drugstores, for instance, where many of the sit-ins took place in the 1960s, Black people...