James Lawson (activist)
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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.[1] During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.[2][3] 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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Born | James Morris Lawson Jr. (1928-09-22) September 22, 1928 (age 95) Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | Baldwin Wallace College Oberlin College Vanderbilt University Boston University |
Occupation(s) | Activist, professor, minister |
Known for | Nashville sit-ins |
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