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Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoLawson sought to better understand Gandhian...principles so he could apply them to battling Jim Crow...
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 ...
James Lawson, towering Civil Rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days agoVanderbilt University began to make that right in 2006 when then-university president Gordon Gee...
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...
Civil rights leader, Uniontown native the Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95
Observer-Reporter· 1 day agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
'He never wavered': Massillon civil rights icon James Lawson dies at 95
The Repository via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"His significance in giving that message of nonviolence, which I think, for many people, has became...
Tuscaloosa's 'Bloody Tuesday' Changed the Course of History
Time via AOL· 7 days agoOn the 60th anniversary of Bloody Tuesday, the cost of forgetting is clear. The American public...
US civil rights hero James Lawson dies at 95
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoHis belief in non-violence came at a time when opinion in black communities was divided over how to resist institutional racism and segregation. King...
American history turned upside down — and that’s the point - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 6 hours agoNow politicians are standing proudly as they try to co-opt the language and history of the civil...
Byron Donalds implied Black people were better off under Jim Crow. So we checked.
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOPINION: We fact-checked Republican Byron Donalds' claims about Black families, conservative values...