James Lawson

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Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Human
gptkbp:active_years 1950s-present
gptkbp:advocated_for Voting Rights
Desegregation
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Sit-in_Movement
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Peace_Prize
gptkbp:birth_date 1928-09-22
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Union_City,_Tennessee,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:March_on_Washington
gptkb:Birmingham_Campaign
gptkbp:education gptkb:Vanderbilt_University
gptkbp:field Social Justice
gptkbp:has_influence_on Social Movements
Activism in America
Nonviolent Protest Strategies
gptkbp:honorary_title gptkb:Doctor_of_Philosophy
Doctor of Humane Letters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Lawson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi
gptkbp:is_taught_in Nonviolent Direct Action
gptkbp:known_for Civil Rights Activism
Teaching Nonviolence
gptkbp:notable_work Nonviolent Resistance
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Anti-Vietnam_War_Movement
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California,_USA
gptkbp:spouse Dorothy Lawson
gptkbp:wrote A New Way of Thinking
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vanderbilt_University_Library
gptkb:The_Congress_of_Racial_Equality_(CORE)
gptkb:American_Baptist_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4