James Lawson

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James Lawson was a prominent American civil rights leader and Methodist minister known for teaching nonviolent resistance strategies that shaped key protests of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Label Occurrences
James Lawson canonical 5
Rev. James Lawson 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Methodist minister ⓘ
civil rights leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived James M. Lawson Jr. Award for Achievement in the Practice of Nonviolent Conflict ⓘ
Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award ⓘ
cause economic justice ⓘ
peace movement ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-09-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Baldwin-Wallace College ⓘ
Boston University ⓘ
Vanderbilt University ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
fieldOfWork Christian ministry ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
genre religious writing ⓘ
sermon ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
influenced Diane Nash ⓘ
John Lewis ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
influencedBy Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for nonviolent direct action ⓘ
leading nonviolence workshops in Nashville ⓘ
role in Freedom Rides ⓘ
role in Nashville sit-ins ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
United Methodist Church ⓘ
movement American Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
notableFor organizing civil rights protests ⓘ
teaching nonviolent resistance strategies ⓘ
training student activists in nonviolence ⓘ
occupation civil rights activist ⓘ
minister ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
participantIn Freedom Rides ⓘ
Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ
Nashville sit-ins ⓘ
civil rights campaigns in the American South ⓘ
placeOfBirth Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld pastor at Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles ⓘ
professor at Vanderbilt University (visiting or adjunct roles) ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
spouse Dorothy Lawson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nashville sit-ins → organizedBy → James Lawson ⓘ
Nashville sit-ins → keyFigure → James Lawson ⓘ
African-American history of Memphis → hasKeyFigure → Rev. James Lawson ⓘ
linked to: James Lawson
Kelly Miller Smith → influenced → James Lawson ⓘ
NAACP President’s Award → hasNotableRecipient → Rev. James Lawson ⓘ
linked to: James Lawson