James Lawson

James Lawson
James Lawson speaking at a community meeting in Nashville, Tennessee in 2005.
Born
James Morris Lawson Jr.

(1928-09-22)September 22, 1928
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 9, 2024(2024-06-09) (aged 95)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
NationalityAmerican
EducationBaldwin Wallace College
Oberlin College
Vanderbilt University
Occupation(s)Activist
Professor
SpouseDorothy Woods

James Morris Lawson Jr. (September 22, 1928 – June 9, 2024) was an American activist and university professor. He was a leading peaceful activist within the Civil Rights Movement.[1] During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.[2][3]

Lawson died on June 9, 2024 at a hospital in Los Angeles, California from cardiac arrest at the age of 95.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Freedom Riders: James Lawson". PBS. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Richard A.; Hughes, Richard (2009). Pro-justice Ethics: From Lament to Nonviolence. New York: Peter Lang. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-4331-0525-8.
  3. ↑ Catsam, Derek Charles (2009). Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2511-4.
  4. ↑ "Breaking News: Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. Passes Away". Los Angeles Sentinel. June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

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