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Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 53 minutes agoLawson was based in Nashville, and in his first full year of work he traveled to every former...
Rev. James Lawson fought injustice with love and nonviolence. The work is incomplete
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHe held his meetings in Nashville churches, in Black houses of worship that underscored his...
Billy Porter Criticized for Kiss at Juneteenth Celebration
Time via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoPorter received backlash for kissing President Biden's hand at the White House Juneteenth...
Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s legacy lives on in Nashville
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 2023, James Lawson High School opened in Nashville’s Bellevue neighborhood, replacing the 64-year-old Hillwood High School. “One of the issues at...
'Where do we go from here?' Tuscaloosa church marks 60th year since Bloody Tuesday
The Tuscaloosa News· 3 days agoFirst African Baptist Church held a special service on Sunday to commemorate the 60th years since...
Vintage photos show what life was like in 1950s America
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoFrom suburbia and soda shops to the civil rights movement, the Space Race and the Red Scare, these...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 23 hours 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 ...
Neil Goldschmidt, Oregon former governor forever tainted by sexual abuse of young girl, dies at 83
OregonLive.com· 17 hours agoNeil Goldschmidt, the Oregon governor and Portland mayor credited with turning a frumpish city into...
Former Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt has died
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoFormer Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, one of the state’s most powerful figures before revelations that he had sexually abused a teenager, died Wednesday,...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader's family says
KAAL Austin· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...