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Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s legacy lives on in Nashville
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJames Lawson...Foster Lawson is survived by his wife, Dorothy Wood Lawson, and two sons, Morris and John. The following statements were released to News...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader's family says
12 News KPNX· 3 days agoJr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from...
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...
Reverend James Lawson, civil rights activist and nonviolent protest pioneer dies at 95
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoVanderbilt University began to make that right in 2006 when then-university president Gordon Gee...
‘Tremendous loss but, magnificent legacy’: City leaders, historians, Bernice King remember the life...
WSMV Nashville· 3 days agoJames Lawson, civil rights activist, reverend, doctor and one of the main teachers of non-violet...
Civil rights icon Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
Los Angeles Daily News· 3 days 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...
'He never wavered': Massillon civil rights icon James Lawson dies at 95
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoWe're right now in the midst of violence all around us. For him to still stand on that principle,...
Rev. James Lawson, civil rights leader who led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides,...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLawson was recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lawson spent decades in Los Angeles working...
Civil rights icon, nonviolence advocate, Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
NBC Los Angeles· 3 days agoLawson was 95. “Today Los Angeles joins the state, country and world in mourning the loss of a civil...
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 ...