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Senators secure $600,000 to preserve the legacy of the late-Johns Lewis
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLewis was a member of the Atlanta City Council from 1982 through 1985 and was elected to the U.S....
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 1 day 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 ...
Remembering the life of John Carbone
Gloucester Daily Times· 1 day agoJohn P. Carbone, passed away peacefully on June 8th surrounded by his loving children. John was a devoted father and Papa to René Carbone Bardorf and her...
US civil rights hero James Lawson dies at 95
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn a 2020 speech during the funeral of John Lewis, Lawson said "many of us had no choice to do what we tried to do, primarily because ...
Lewis Olaf Olson, Jr., 85 - Jackson County Pilot
Jackson County Pilot· 3 days agoLewis Olaf Olson, Jr. would like you to know that he was born in Estherville, Iowa on February 10, 1939, and that he died in Shakopee, just 31,161 days...
Civil rights icon Rev. James Lawson Jr., who trained activists in nonviolent protest, has died at...
CNN.com· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights icon who trained activists in nonviolent protest, died...
Civil rights icon, nonviolence advocate, Pastor James Lawson dies at 95
NBC Los Angeles· 3 days agoFuneral services were pending Monday for the Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights...
Elizabeth Bess Watt Dekowski
The Uniontown Herald Standard· 14 hours agoUniontown Elizabeth Bess Watt Dekowski, 99, of Uniontown, passed peacefully on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at her daughter Rose’s home in Cameron, W.Va., with her loving family by her side. She ...
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
The Repository via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRep. John Lewis. Lawson delivered the eulogy at Lewis' funeral in 2020. Lawson and McDew were named...
