James Lawson is a trainer, pastor, and activist who trained students to effectively participate in nonviolent resistance during the Civil Rights Movement.
James Lawson (b. 1928)
Category: Christianity
Septima Clark
Author Daniel Buttry profiles Septima Clark (1898-1987), a civil rights hero with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Crusade for Citizenship.
Ella Baker
Peacemaker and author Daniel Buttry profiles Ella Baker (1903-1986), a civil rights hero with the NAACP whose activism included the Montgomery bus boycott.
Grigol Peradze
Peacemaker Daniel Buttry profiles Archimandrite Grigol Peradze, who was glorified as a saint by the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church in 1995.
Mother Maria Skobtsova
Peacemaker Daniel Buttry profiles Mother Maria Skobtsova, recognized as an Orthodox Christian saint partly for her work rescuing Jews from the Holocaust.