James Lawson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 22, 1928 (age 98)
- Birthplace
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
James Morris Lawson Jr. is an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
