James Lawson

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Methodist minister civil rights leader human

James Lawson was a prominent American civil rights leader and Methodist minister known for teaching nonviolent resistance strategies that shaped key protests of the Civil Rights Movement.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
James Lawson canonical	3
Rev. James Lawson	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Methodist minister ⓘ civil rights leader ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	James Lawson Award for Nonviolent Achievement ⓘ surface form: James M. Lawson Jr. Award for Achievement in the Practice of Nonviolent Conflict Pacem in Terris Award ⓘ surface form: Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award
cause	economic justice ⓘ peace movement ⓘ racial equality ⓘ workers' rights ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1928-09-22 ⓘ
educatedAt	Baldwin Wallace College ⓘ surface form: Baldwin-Wallace College Boston University ⓘ Vanderbilt University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
fieldOfWork	Christian ministry ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ social justice ⓘ
genre	religious writing ⓘ sermon ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ
influenced	Diane Nash ⓘ John Lewis ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
influencedBy	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy for nonviolent direct action ⓘ leading nonviolence workshops in Nashville ⓘ role in Freedom Rides ⓘ role in Nashville sit-ins ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ United Methodist Church ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: American Civil Rights Movement
notableFor	organizing civil rights protests ⓘ teaching nonviolent resistance strategies ⓘ training student activists in nonviolence ⓘ
occupation	civil rights activist ⓘ minister ⓘ theologian ⓘ
participantIn	Freedom Rides ⓘ Memphis sanitation workers' strike ⓘ Nashville sit-ins ⓘ civil rights campaigns in the American South ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ surface form: Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
positionHeld	pastor at Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles ⓘ professor at Vanderbilt University (visiting or adjunct roles) ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
spouse	Dorothy Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nashville sit-ins → organizedBy → James Lawson ⓘ

Nashville sit-ins → keyFigure → James Lawson ⓘ

Memphis sanitation workers' strike → hasParticipant → James Lawson ⓘ

African-American history of Memphis → hasKeyFigure → James Lawson ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rev. James Lawson