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The Rev. James Lawson in 2004 at the office of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice in Los Angeles. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times) James M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who became the ...

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The Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face of brutality. A Methodist minister and student of Gandhi, Lawson mentored civil rights leaders and ...

The Rev. James Lawson, the man who inspired a generation of nonviolent activists in the earliest days of the Civil Rights Movement and helped organize the push to desegregate lunch counters in ...

The Rev. James Lawson, a major civil rights leader, died Sunday at the age of 95. Lawson's father was pastor of St. James AME Zion, Massillon's oldest Black church Lawson spoke earlier this year at ...

James Lawson, storied civil rights activist and chief strategist for Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Lawson was 95 years old. As a young man, Lawson gained national attention when he refused to ...