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FILE - From left; Rev. James Lawson, labor union leader Lee Saunders, Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr., Rev. Al Sharpton, and Martin Luther King III join a march in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - Actor Ed Asner, right, along with the Rev. Don Brown, left, and the Rev. James Lawson, center, walk to the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. carrying petitions calling for a "time out" of the death penalty, Wednesday, May 1, 2002. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
FILE - The Rev. James Lawson speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2015. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - Rev. James Lawson Jr. addresses the crowd at the 13th Annual California Hall of Fame California Museum in downtown Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (Daniel Kim/The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
FILE - Rev. James Lawson, Civil Rights era activist and 1961 Freedom Rider gestures during a labor rally Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003 in Oakland Park, Fla. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
FILE Rev. James Lawson speaks speaks during a celebration of life marking the one-year anniversary of U.S Rep. John Lewis's death Saturday, July 17, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - The Rev. James Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2015. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
FILE - Rev. James Lawson speaks on the balcony outside Room 306 at the National Civil Rights Museum, formerly the Lorraine Motel, on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)