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James Lawson, towering civil rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson, the civil rights icon who inspired generations of nonviolent activists and...
Lakeland shuts down one of two public pools for emergency repairs. Here are the details
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoLess than a week before summer's official start, Lakeland has shut down one of the city's public...
Mary Thompson Community Day set for July 14
The Danville Commercial-News· 17 hours agoThe City of Danville Human Relations Commission and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee will sponsor their 30th Mary Thompson Annual Community Day on Sunday, July 14, 2024, from ...
As the DNC looks for thousands of volunteers, past helpers share stories of the convention’s...
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoThe nation was still reeling from the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as...
'He never wavered': Massillon civil rights icon James Lawson dies at 95
The Repository via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson, the former Massillon resident and civil rights icon who preached nonviolence...
New York Inches Closer to Police State with Bonkers Proposed Rule
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoNew York Mayor Eric Adams is advocating for a ban on wearing masks on public transit in New York...
As the DNC looks for thousands of volunteers, past helpers share stories of the convention’s...
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 1 day agoThe nation was still reeling from the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as...
James Lawson, US civil rights leader who championed nonviolence, dies at 95
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJames Lawson, a prominent civil rights leader whose advocacy of nonviolent protest influenced Martin...
This Iowa city celebrated Black emancipation long before Juneteenth
The Gazette· 1 day agoDecades before Martin Luther King Jr. was born and more than a century before Juneteenth became a...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says
WKBN 27 Youngstown· 5 days agoLawson was a close adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who called him “the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence in the world.”