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James Lawson's booming voice and loving spirit left a lasting mark on this UCLA professor
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoUCLA historian Vinay Lal remembers speaking alongside the Rev. James Lawson during a panel...
Project aims to get Atlanta’s oldest Black cemetery added to National Register for Historic Places
WSB Radio· 2 days agoIf the cemetery could make it on the National Register for Historic Places, its history could...
Statement from President Joe Biden on James Lawson | The White House
The White House· 5 days agoWhile attending Vanderbilt Divinity School, James Lawson organized sit-ins in Nashville, Tennessee...
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· 1 day 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· 6 days agoSeveral of his students went on to play prominent roles in the civil rights movement, such as future congressman John Lewis and future ...
Rev. James Lawson's impact on Nashville's civil rights history will never be forgotten
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 5 days agoConstitution to come alive” with changes in line with the democratic principles of justice and...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WUSF 89.7· 6 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face...
James M. Lawson Jr., a Top Strategist for Dr. King, Is Dead at 95
New York Times· 6 days agoAfter studying Gandhi’s principles of civil disobedience in India, he joined the 1960s civil rights...
James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 6 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson, a United Methodist minister who became a principal tactician of nonviolent...