Lawson, James Morris, Jr. , 1928-
James Morris Lawson Jr. was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was expelled from Vanderbilt University for his civil rights activism in 1960, and later served as a pastor in Los Angeles for 25 years.
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| referencedIn | Criminal Case Files, 1912–1996 | National Archives at Chicago | |
| referencedIn | Southern Christian Leadership Conference. President's Office tape recordings, 1965-1969. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center |
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| associatedWith | Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-2020 | person |
| associatedWith | Southern Christian Leadership Conference. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United African Nationalist Movement | corporateBody |
| honoredBy | University of California, Los Angeles | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Vivian, C. T. (Cordy Tindell), 1924-2020 | person |
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| Uniontown | PA | US |
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| Clergy |
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Birth 1928-09-22
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