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James Lawson

American activist and university professor

Died when: 95 years 261 days (1148 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

James Lawson

James Morris Lawson Jr. (born September 22, 1928) is an American activist and university professor.He 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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