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Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s legacy lives on in Nashville
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDiane Nash, John Lewis, Bernard Lafayette and Marion Barry were among the many students he taught. Lawson’s teachings played a major role in Nashville...
Rev. James Lawson fought injustice with love and nonviolence. The work is incomplete
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe held his meetings in Nashville churches, in Black houses of worship that underscored his...
James Lawson, Civil Rights Activist and MLK’s Chief Strategist, Dies at 95
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMartin Luther King Jr.'s family, Chef José Andrés, Cornel West and numerous others mourn the...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says
KCTV 5 Kansas City· 4 days 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· 4 days agoDuring his incarceration, he said he learned about the nonviolent protests led by Gandhi in India....
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoHis powerful argument convinced many Americans that they could no longer cooperate with Jim Crow. As...
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Axios· 3 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 ...
The scariest word in America is ‘post-Constitutional’ | Will Bunch Newsletter
Philly.com· 3 days agoDr. Martin Luther King Jr., developed workshops on non-violence, and taught future leaders like John...
Civil Rights Activist Rev. James Lawson Jr. Dead at 95
Black America Web· 2 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died. A Civil Rights activist, Rev. Lawson spent his life practicing...