Lawson, James M., 1928-
Biography:
James Lawson Jr. made a significant mark on the history of the Civil Rights movement in Tennessee and in the South. He is best known in Tennessee history as the Vanderbilt Divinity School student who was expelled in 1960 over his leadership in the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins. Lawson also helped organize the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Raleigh, North Carolina, in April 1960, and became one of the organization's key leaders. He later served as a Methodist pastor in Memphis from 1962 to 1974, where he led the sanitation workers' strike that provided the occasion for Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. ("James E. Lawson Jr., 1928-," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.)
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Anne Braden Oral History Project (Kentucky Virtual Library)
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7) (Reports)
- Belfrage--Diary and notes, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 4) (Diaries)
- Braden--Mississippi 1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15) (Correspondence)
- CORE--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Rally (Canton) - correspondence and memoranda, 1964 October 3 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 41) (Correspondence)
- Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Gould--Richard N. Gould papers , 1963-1965 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 3072) (Newsletters)
- MFDP--General papers, 1965-1971, part 1 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 2, Segment 2, Part 1) (Minutes (administrative records))
- Montgomery--Freedom School Workshop correspondence 1964-1965 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 8a) (Memorandums)
- Montgomery--Freedom School Workshop - Evaluation, 1965 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 8) (Reports)
- Montgomery--Freedom School Workshop - Planning, 1964 (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 8b) (Minutes (administrative records))
- Montgomery--Mississippi volunteers (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 2, Segment 26) (Reports)
- Moore--Correspondence, 1963-1964 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 5) (Correspondence)
- Stromquist--Mississippi Freedom Project correspondence and writings, 1964 (Shelton Stromquist papers, 1963-1978; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 641, Box 1, Folder 4) (Correspondence)
- Vogel--Lise Vogel papers, 1964-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC3098 (Correspondence)
- Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2 (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement (Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill))
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a signed petition calling for an executive pardon for Carl Braden, Atlanta, Georgia, 1961 (Petitions)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Reverend James M. Lawson following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 24 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Southern school news (University of Georgia Libraries)
- Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture (Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)