James Lawson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 97 |
| Date of birth | September 22,1928 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Uniontown |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Nationality | American |
| Residence | Nashville |
| Tennessee | |
| United States | |
| Known for | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Civil Rights | |
| Nashville sit-ins | |
| Job | Professor |
| Writer | |
| Activist | |
| Academic | |
| Education | Boston University School of Theology |
| Oberlin College | |
| Baldwin Wallace University | |
| Vanderbilt University Divinity School | |
| Spouse | Dorothy Wood |
| Awards | NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award |
| Full name | James Morris Lawson Jr. |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 481204 |
James Lawson Life story
James Morris Lawson Jr. is an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.