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Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power of love’ to challenge injustice

  • Written by Anthony Siracusa, Assistant Professor of History and Community Engagement, St. John Fisher University
Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power of love’ to challenge injusticeCivil rights activist James M. Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 2015.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File

Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., who died on June 9, 2024, at the age of 95, was a Methodist minister and a powerful advocate of nonviolence during the Civil Rights Movement.

Lawson is best known for piloting two crucial civil rights campaigns...

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