Rev. James Lawson
Distinguished University Professor
Vanderbilt University

Prolific civil rights leader and trainer of nonviolent action, Rev. James Lawson, delivers the opening banquet keynote address talking about his experience organizing and training activists in the Civil Rights Movement, particularly the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins.

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Additional Resources:

• Ackerman, Peter & DuVall, Jack.  A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict.  New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
• York, Steve.  A Force More Powerful (DVD).  September, 2001
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