Civil rights icon and Distinguished Professor Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. dies at 95

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : In 2021, the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Public Education voted unanimously to recognize Lawson by naming Nashville's newest high school after him; board member and Vanderbilt alumna Abigail Tylor advocated for the change.
56% : He also served as the southern director for the Congress of Racial Equality and conducted workshops in nonviolence techniques for students from Tennessee State University, Fisk University and Vanderbilt.
43% : "Lawson, one of Vanderbilt's most revered alumni, played an influential role in the peaceful protests of segregation during the 1960s by training Nashville college students in the principles of nonviolent change.

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