Civil rights icon and Distinguished Professor Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. dies at 95
June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 11 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
Rev. James Lawson (Vanderbilt University)
The Rev. James Morris Lawson Jr., a leader of the Civil Rights Movement who trained scores of activists during his time in Nashville--many of whom went on to prominence--and whose expulsion from Vanderbilt in 1960 led to national headlines and prompted some faculty members to resign in protest, died Sunday, June 9, in Los Angeles. He was 95.
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Rev. James Lawson (Vanderbilt University)
The Rev. James Morris Lawson Jr., a leader of the Civil Rights Movement who trained scores of activists during his time in Nashville--many of whom went on to prominence--and whose expulsion from Vanderbilt in 1960 led to national headlines and prompted some faculty members to resign in protest, died Sunday, June 9, in Los Angeles. He was 95.
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