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Project aims to get Atlanta’s oldest Black cemetery added to National Register for Historic Places
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMany of the older plots are from a time before money was set aside to maintain them. If the cemetery could make it on the National Register for Historic...
Rev. James Lawson, made Nashville lunch counter sit-ins a model for fighting racial barriers, has...
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoJames M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who became the teacher of the civil rights movement,...
Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. unveiled in downtown Montgomery - WAKA 8
WAKA Action 8· 2 days agoA statue of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been unveiled in downtown Montgomery. The statue...
US civil rights hero James Lawson dies at 95
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoSeveral of his students went on to play prominent roles in the civil rights movement, such as future congressman John Lewis and future ...
Statement from President Joe Biden on James Lawson | The White House
The White House· 6 days agoWhile attending Vanderbilt Divinity School, James Lawson organized sit-ins in Nashville, Tennessee...
James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 7 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson, a United Methodist minister who became a principal tactician of nonviolent...
James M. Lawson Jr., a Top Strategist for Dr. King, Is Dead at 95
New York Times· 7 days agoAfter studying Gandhi’s principles of civil disobedience in India, he joined the 1960s civil rights...
Rev. James Lawson's impact on Nashville's civil rights history will never be forgotten
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 6 days agoConstitution to come alive” with changes in line with the democratic principles of justice and...
James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThere, he conducted trainings in nonviolent protest in a church basement, stoking a passion for...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WUSF 89.7· 7 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face...