Rev. James Lawson Jr. was a central figure of the Civil Rights Movement, whose efforts in that period have been documented. An upcoming memoir from the late activist and professor, Nonviolent, arrives ...
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Limestone County pastor James Lawson sentenced to life in prison for child sexual abuse
LIMESTONE COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - The now former pastor of Apostolic Life Church in Kosse, Texas, on Wednesday was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of repeatedly sexually ...
“Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love,” by the late Rev. James Lawson Jr. and Memphis journalist Emily Yellin releases Feb. 17, nearly two years after Lawson's death. Yellin shares ...
In his last and greatest sermon, on April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple in Memphis, Martin Luther King Jr. applauded his fellow minister James Lawson. “He’s been to jail for struggling,” said King. “He’s ...
"What happened here in Memphis changed our world." Those words were spoken Feb. 20 at the National Civil Rights Museum by former New York television news anchor Carol Jenkins, moderator of what was ...
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