{"id":5412,"date":"2024-06-10T19:54:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T02:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/?p=5412"},"modified":"2024-06-10T20:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:00:23","slug":"civil-rights-leader-rev-james-lawson-jr-dies-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sergneri.net\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/06\/10\/civil-rights-leader-rev-james-lawson-jr-dies-at-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson Jr. dies at 95"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/06\/10\/lawson-obit-civil-rights-martin-luther-king-00162585<\/p>\n

Civil rights leader James Lawson Jr. dies at 95
\nThe pastor was a close adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and an advocate of nonviolent protest.
\nBy Associated Press
\n06\/10\/2024 05:44 PM EDT <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., seen here in California in 2019, taught
\nGandhian principles to young civil rights activists including John
\nLewis and Diane Nash. | Daniel Kim\/The Sacramento Bee via AP <\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/10\/us\/james-m-lawson-jr-dr-dead.html
\nJames M. Lawson Jr., a Top Strategist for Dr. King, Is Dead at 95<\/p>\n

After studying Gandhi\u2019s principles of civil disobedience in India,
\nhe joined the 1960s civil rights movement and became an architect
\nof it as a nonviolent struggle.<\/p>\n

Dr. King called Mr. Lawson America\u2019s leading theorist on nonviolence. But he was also a traveling troubleshooter in a land of night riders, where African Americans were beaten, shot, arrested and lynched. He led workshops on nonviolence for protesters, sit-ins at segregated lunch counters, picket lines and boycotts at stores that catered only to white customers, and Black voter-registration drives. He was dragged off to jail many times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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