Lawson, James Morris, Jr. , 1928-

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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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Birth 1928-09-22

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