Reverend James Lawson, civil rights activist and non-violent protest pioneer dies at 95

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "I made decisions that changed my life forever and basically directed me toward nonviolence," Lawson said.
54% : James Lawson, the man who inspired a generation of non-violent activists in the earliest days of the Civil Rights Movement and helped organize the push to desegregate lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee, died on Sunday.
50% : In-depth: Civil rights advocate James Lawson was rooted in faithLawson was an American civil rights icon who worked alongside luminaries like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Diane Nash, John Lewis and C.T. Vivian to promote non-violent activism in the early 1960s.

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