The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95
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Martin Luther King Jr. called civil rights pioneer, the Rev. James Lawson, the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.
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Martin Luther King Jr. called civil rights pioneer, the Rev. James Lawson, the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.
(Image credit: Kevork Djansezian)