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Rev. James Lawson

Civil rights icon and Holman UMC pastor emeritus. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. called him “the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence in the world.”

StoryApr 03, 2018

MLK’s Final Days: The Rev. James Lawson Remembers King’s Assassination & Support for Memphis Strike

StoryApr 03, 2018

He Gave His Life in the Labor Struggle: MLK’s Forgotten Radical Message for Economic Justice

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Web Bonus: Rev. James Lawson & Michael Honey on MLK’s Vision of Worker Solidarity & Economic Justice

StoryApr 04, 2003

The United States is “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World Today”: We Hear Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech Against the Vietnam War On the 35th Anniversary of His Assassination

StoryDec 10, 2002

Hundreds of Church Leaders to March on the United Nations to Call for Peace: We Talk to Civil Rights Leader and Martin Luther King’s Mentor Reverend James Lawson

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