Armed with Mahatma Gandhi's principles of civil disobedience, Mr. Lawson joined Dr. King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1958, becoming a chief architect of the 1960s civil rights struggle.
Mr. Lawson believed that shocking the nation's conscience with passive acceptance of hostility was necessary to fight segregation and reveal the character of the nation.
Through workshops, sit-ins, picket lines, and voter-registration drives, he advocated nonviolent strategies despite opposition favoring aggressive tactics in the civil rights movement.
He faced arrest and backlash, but his dedication and belief in nonviolence as a powerful tool for change made him a significant figure in the fight against racial injustice.
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