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US civil rights hero James Lawson dies at 95
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAfter three years in India, he returned to the US, where he met King, a fellow Methodist minister, at Oberlin College in Ohio. His belief in non-violence...
Civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr., who trained activists in nonviolent protest, has died at...
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights icon who trained activists in nonviolent protest, died...
Axios Nashville
Axios· 2 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson, a civil rights giant whose workshops teaching nonviolent resistance powered influential protests that reshaped the Jim Crow South, has died at 95. The big picture: Lawson ...
Art in the Park begins third season in Lorain
The Morning Journal· 14 hours agoNow in its third year, the Art in the Park program has become one of the top summer day camp productions in Lorain County, Buxton said. This season’s...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says
WCMH Columbus· 3 days agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled...
James M. Lawson Jr., a Top Strategist for Dr. King, Is Dead at 95
New York Times· 3 days agoAfter studying Gandhi’s principles of civil disobedience in India, he joined the 1960s civil rights...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WLRN Miami· 22 hours agoThe Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face...
Pa.-born civil rights leader who led sit-ins, Freedom Rides dies at 95
The Patriot-News· 2 days agoJames M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who became the teacher of the civil rights movement,...
Rev. James Lawson, giant of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 3 days ago(This story has been updated with additional details.) Rev. James Lawson, a leader of the Civil...
Civil rights era leader dies at 95 | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 1 day agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...