James Lawson (activist)
James Lawson | |
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Lawson in 2005 | |
| Born | James Morris Lawson Jr. September 22, 1928 Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 9, 2024 (aged 95) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Activist, professor, minister |
| Known for | Nashville sit-ins |
James Morris Lawson Jr. (September 22, 1928 – June 9, 2024) was 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.