February 18, 2026
Nonviolent A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love
Nonviolent A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love | 79.62 MB
Title: Nonviolent
Author: Reverend James Lawson Jr., Emily Yellin, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Category: Biography & Memoir, Political
Language: English | 688 Pages | ISBN: 0593596242
Description:
The posthumous memoir of Rev. James Lawson Jr., peer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mentor to Congressman John Lewis and the Freedom Riders, and a principal architect of a nonviolent resistance movement that changed the world.
“This book is a gift to be treasured, from a man who has already given so much.”-Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King: A Life
Rev. Lawson was one of the most influential yet unheralded heroes of the civil rights era. He rose as a strategist, teacher, and organizer in pivotal campaigns on the national stage against racial and economic injustice.
Lawson’s memoir spans 95 years, but it begins far from the spotlight in a large, working-class Ohio family. The son and grandson of Methodist ministers, he receives his license to preach before graduating from high school.
Lawson goes on to serve time in prison for refusing the Korean War draft, and learns from independence movements during…
The posthumous memoir of Rev. James Lawson Jr., peer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mentor to Congressman John Lewis and the Freedom Riders, and a principal architect of a nonviolent resistance movement that changed the world.
“This book is a gift to be treasured, from a man who has already given so much.”-Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of King: A Life
Rev. Lawson was one of the most influential yet unheralded heroes of the civil rights era. He rose as a strategist, teacher, and organizer in pivotal campaigns on the national stage against racial and economic injustice.
Lawson’s memoir spans 95 years, but it begins far from the spotlight in a large, working-class Ohio family. The son and grandson of Methodist ministers, he receives his license to preach before graduating from high school.
Lawson goes on to serve time in prison for refusing the Korean War draft, and learns from independence movements during…
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