The Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights activist and close adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at age 95 in Los Angeles.
Rev. Lawson led the Holman United Methodist Church and taught at California State University, NorthridgeThe Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday. He was 95.
Lawson’s lessons led Nashville to become the first major city in the South to desegregate its downtown, on May 10, 1960, after hundreds of well-organized students staged lunch-counter sit-ins and boycotts of discriminatory businesses. Rev. James Lawson says the current protests would be applauded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who he famously worked with during the Civil Rights Movement. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Friday June 5, 2020.
Gandhi had been assassinated by then, but Lawson met people who had worked with him and explained Gandhi’s concept of “satyagraha,” a relentless pursuit of Truth, which encouraged Indians to peacefully reject British rule. Lawson then saw how the Christian concept of turning the other cheek could be applied in collective actions to challenge morally indefensible laws.
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