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Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoMost importantly, he prepared them to be beaten or arrested. Following the example of Mahatma...
The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
WLRN Miami· 1 day agoThe Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face...
Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s legacy lives on in Nashville
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLawson’s teachings played a major role in Nashville becoming the first major city in the South to desegregate its downtown in 1960. Rev. James Lawson Jr....
Axios Nashville
Axios· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson, a civil rights giant whose workshops teaching nonviolent resistance powered influential protests that reshaped the Jim Crow South ...
Rev. James Lawson's impact on Nashville's civil rights history will never be forgotten
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis decision resulted in a two-year prison sentence, of which he served 13 months. His personal...
Rev. James Lawson, made Nashville lunch counter sit-ins a model for fighting racial barriers, has...
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoJames M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who became the teacher of the civil rights movement,...
Will Russia’s history of violence come home to roost?
The Hill· 2 days agoPutin and Russia have one thing in common: violence. Russian history is essentially a history of...
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...
Nashville leaders react to Lawson's death
Axios· 2 days agoLeaders in Nashville and across the state reacted Monday to news of the death of civil rights leader the Rev. James Lawson.. "He was a living testament...
Rev. James Lawson, Mentor and Civil Rights Leader, Dies from Cardiac Arrest - He was 95 | VIDEO |...
EURweb· 3 days ago*The Los Angeles Sentinel has confirmed the sudden passing of Reverend James Morris Lawson Jr. this morning, June 10, due to cardiac arrest. Reverend Lawson, a revered civil rights activist ...
