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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James Lawson canonical 3
Rev. James Lawson 1

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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 NERFINISHED

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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