Lawson's Legacy: Rev. James Lawson helped Vanderbilt navigate a vision of human dignity in an uncertain global era
October 01, 2024
October 01, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 1 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
By Ray Waddle, MA'81
In fourth grade, James Lawson had a bloody fight with a white kid who called him a racial slur. Later that night, his mother quietly said, "Jimmy, what good did that do? There has to be a better way." Those words guided him ever after.
Rev. James Lawson in front of First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, under arrest for protesting segregation on Marc . . .
By Ray Waddle, MA'81
In fourth grade, James Lawson had a bloody fight with a white kid who called him a racial slur. Later that night, his mother quietly said, "Jimmy, what good did that do? There has to be a better way." Those words guided him ever after.
Rev. James Lawson in front of First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, under arrest for protesting segregation on Marc . . .