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James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 17 hours agoAs a young Methodist missionary, Rev. Lawson traveled to India, where he studied the principles of...
Pa.-born civil rights leader who led sit-ins, Freedom Rides dies at 95
The Patriot-News· 1 hour agoMorris Lawson III told The Washington Post. Recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Lawson...
Rev. James Lawson, giant of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 17 hours ago(This story has been updated with additional details.) Rev. James Lawson, a leader of the Civil...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
San Francisco Chronicle· 10 hours agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
James Lawson, towering Civil Rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoLawson was working on the sanitation strike in Memphis in 1968 and called King to participate....
Rev. James Lawson Jr., icon of the Civil Rights Movement and longtime LA pastor, dead at 95
FOX 11 News Los Angeles· 17 hours agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman...
Civil rights icon Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
Los Angeles Daily News· 16 hours 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...
James Lawson, US civil rights leader who championed nonviolence, dies at 95
Reuters via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoJames Lawson, a prominent civil rights leader whose advocacy of nonviolent protest influenced Martin...
‘Tremendous loss but, magnificent legacy’: City leaders, historians, Bernice King remember the life...
WSMV Nashville· 9 hours agoJames Lawson, civil rights activist, reverend, doctor and one of the main teachers of non-violet...