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The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 4 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMost importantly, he prepared them to be beaten or arrested. Following the example of Mahatma...
James Lawson, towering civil rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"He never used the word 'protest,' he used the word 'demonstration,' because he thought nonviolent ...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
NPR· 4 days agoThere he led Saturday workshops in nonviolent strategies, drawing students from nearby colleges. He devised a plan to desegregate downtown, charting a course of sit-ins, pickets ...