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Rev. James Lawson Jr.’s legacy lives on in Nashville
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Rev. James Lawson, a storied civil rights leader, died on Monday at age 95 in Los Angeles. Lawson is widely known as the...
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoCivil rights activist James M. Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 2015. AP Photo/Mark...
Rev. James Lawson fought injustice with love and nonviolence. The work is incomplete
Gannett via AOL· 6 hours agoHe held his meetings in Nashville churches, in Black houses of worship that underscored his...
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 ...
19 Juneteenth Facts To Celebrate Black Independence Day
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth, celebrated on June nineteenth, is coming up and it is time for sorrowful reflection but...
James Lawson, architect of nonviolent protest of civil rights movement, dies at 95
Washington Post· 3 days agoThe Rev. James M. Lawson, a United Methodist minister who became a principal tactician of nonviolent...
Neil Goldschmidt, Oregon former governor forever tainted by sexual abuse of young girl, dies at 83
OregonLive.com· 20 hours agoNeil Goldschmidt, the Oregon governor and Portland mayor credited with turning a frumpish city into...
James Lawson, towering Civil Rights activist and pioneer in nonviolent protest, dies at 95
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson, the man who inspired a generation of nonviolent activists in the earliest...
Rev. James Lawson Jr., icon of the Civil Rights Movement and longtime LA pastor, dead at 95
FOX 11 News Los Angeles· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader's family says
KAAL Austin· 3 days agoThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand...