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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

September 22, 1928 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

  • James M. Lawson Jr.
  • James Morris Lawson Jr.

James Lawson

Biography

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.

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