Dr. James Lawson

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  • Lawson is born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

  • Following high school, Lawson attended Baldwin-Wallace College in Brea, Ohio

  • Joined the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)

  • Lawson received his local preacher's license

  • Lawson was incarcerated for refusing to serve in the Korean War draft

    He was paroled after thirteen months.

  • Acquired his Bacholer's Degree

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    Lawson spent three years as a campus minister and teacher at Hislop College in Nagpur, India

    He studied Ghandian principles of non-violence known as Satayagrapha. He read a newspaper about the Montgomery bus boycott and the non-violent resistance taking place back in the U.S. so he decided to come back.

  • Lawson was expelled from Vanderbilt University for organizing and participating in the Nashville sit-ins