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James Lawson:
As a child, James Lawson renounced violence after his mother scolded him for slapping a white boy who had insulted him. After college, he traveled to India, where he studied Mahatma Gandhi's doctrine of nonviolent protest. As a 31-year-old divinity student at Nashville's Vanderbilt University, he trained students in nonviolence and helped launch their sit-in campaign. He played a leading role in the Freedom Rides and other civil rights milestones. |