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Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s legacy lives on in Nashville
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Rev. James Lawson, a storied civil rights leader, died on Monday at age 95 in Los Angeles. Lawson is widely known as the...
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoCivil rights activist James M. Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 2015. AP Photo/Mark...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 1 day agoA key architect of the Civil Rights Movement has died. The Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face of brutality. A Methodist minister and ...
The Best True-Story TV Shows of 2024 (So Far)
Esquire via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoGenius: MLK / X People often paint Martin Luther King and Malcolm X as enemies, but that’s not the full picture. The two civil rights leaders had...
James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 3 days agoAs a young Methodist missionary, Rev. Lawson traveled to India, where he studied the principles of...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
U-T San Diego· 3 days agoLawson met King in 1957, after spending three years in India soaking up knowledge about Mohandas K....
A New Disney World Ride Pays Tribute to a New Orleans Culinary Icon
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoIn addition to helping introduce the country’s diners to dishes like Louisiana gumbo and Southern...
Rev. James Lawson Jr., icon of the Civil Rights Movement and longtime LA pastor, dead at 95
FOX 11 News Los Angeles· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman...
James Lawson, towering Civil Rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLawson was working on the sanitation strike in Memphis in 1968 and called King to participate....
