author : Nicholas Pace
June 2008
by Nicholas Pace
“Leadership has a real mystery to it,” said civil rights leader Reverend James Lawson during a recent speaking engagement in Olympia, “but if I had to choose a characteristic that defines the character of a leader, it is the ‘behavior in the struggle.’ When you think of positive leaders you generally get a visual of an action that they’ve done -- one example would be Rosa Parks’ refusal to go to the back of the bus.”
Speaking in Olympia shortly after the controversial events surrounding May Day 2008, Lawson’s remarks about the value of nonviolent direct action were well-timed.
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May 2008
by Nicholas Pace
Civil rights leader James M. Lawson, Jr. will visit the Olympia community on May 2-5. Professor, Methodist minister, civil rights leader, sit-in organizer; and advisor to World Council of Churches, James Lawson has accomplished a great deal in his 80 years. Involved with the civil rights movement since its beginnings in the fifties, Lawson’s close friend Dr. Martin Luther Jr. once called him the “…the leading nonviolence theorist in the world.” Currently he is a professor of Vanderbilt University, and is now 80. Although you may not have read about him in your high school . . .
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