BBCUS civil rights hero James Lawson dies at 95
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- Policy Leaning
-18% Somewhat Liberal
- Politician Portrayal
-57% Negative
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60% : James Lawson, the black civil rights activist who travelled to India to study non-violent protest and served as chief strategist to Dr Martin Luther King Jr, has died at the age of 95.Lawson, a Methodist minister, learned Mahatma Gandhi's principles of civil disobedience and taught them to protesters opposing racial segregation in the US.50% : King convinced Lawson to move to Nashville and begin studying at Vanderbilt University while also teaching non-violent protest techniques.
49% : His belief in non-violence came at a time when opinion in black communities was divided over how to resist institutional racism and segregation.
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