1928-09-22 Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
James Morris Lawson Jr. 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.
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Freedom Riders | Self - Nashville Christian Leadership Council | 2010-02-01 |