CARBONDALE — James E. Barr, 64, of Carbondale ... at Crain Pleasant Grove — Murdale Funeral Home, with the Rev. Doug Cherry officiating.

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., a civil rights icon who trained activists in nonviolent protest, died Sunday, according to the pastor at Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, where Lawson was ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained ...

The Rev. James Lawson was a staunch advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism, even in the face of brutality. A Methodist minister and student of Gandhi, Lawson mentored civil rights leaders ...

The Rev. James M. Lawson, a United Methodist minister who became a principal tactician of nonviolent protest during the civil rights movement, leading sit-ins, marches and Freedom Rides that ...

James M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who ... Morris Lawson III told the Washington Post. Recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Lawson organized and led weekly workshops on nonviolent ...

(The Conversation) — 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.