US civil rights hero James Lawson dies aged 95
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Mr Lawson was a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr, who called him ‘the leading theorist and strategist of non-violence in the world’.
James Lawson, an apostle of non-violent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died at the age of 95.