Lawson, James M., 1928-

Authoritative Name:
Lawson, James M., 1928-
Biography:
James Lawson Jr. made a significant mark on the history of the Civil Rights movement in Tennessee and in the South. He is best known in Tennessee history as the Vanderbilt Divinity School student who was expelled in 1960 over his leadership in the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins. Lawson also helped organize the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Raleigh, North Carolina, in April 1960, and became one of the organization's key leaders. He later served as a Methodist pastor in Memphis from 1962 to 1974, where he led the sanitation workers' strike that provided the occasion for Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. ("James E. Lawson Jr., 1928-," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.)
Associated Subjects:
Lawson, James M., 1928-
Lawson, James M., 1928- --Interviews
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Rev. James Lawson leads a march, Memphis, 1968

Creator:
Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:
University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

Rev. James Lawson with picket sign, Memphis, 1968

Creator:
Memphis press scimitar
Date of Original:
1968-02-26
Collection:
1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:
University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

Interview with Robert Zellner, November 3, 1990

Creator:
Zellner, Bob
Date of Original:
1990-11-03
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

John T. Fisher, 2007

Date of Original:
2007-08-03
Collection:
Crossroads interviews
Contributing Institution:
Rhodes College

John Fisher, Civil Rights activist, 2004

Date of Original:
2004-06-16
Collection:
Everett R. Cook Oral History Collection
Contributing Institution:
Rhodes College

Rev. James Jordan, Beale Street Baptist Church, 1982

Date of Original:
1982-09-04
Collection:
Everett R. Cook Oral History Collection
Contributing Institution:
Rhodes College

Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7)

Creator:
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Diary and notes, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 4)

Creator:
Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15)

Creator:
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Rally (Canton) - correspondence and memoranda, 1964 October 3 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 41)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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John Lewis, 30 May 2012.

Creator:
Short, Bob, 1932
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Date of Original:
2012-05-30
Collection:
Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Interview with James M. Lawson, March 17, 1964

Creator:
Lawson, James M., 1928-
Date of Original:
1964-03-17
Collection:
Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky. Libraries

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1960-04-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries
Educator Resources:

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Veterans of Hope Project

Date of Original:
1990/9999
Collection:
Veterans of Hope Project
Contributing Institution:
Veterans of Hope Project