160: Unabridged Interview: Rev. James Lawson

“​​We started the public desegregation of the nation,” says Reverend James Lawson, “and we did it without hating anybody.”

In this episode, the man who Martin Luther King Jr. called friend, mentor, and the very conscience and architect of the Civil Rights Movement, Reverend James Lawson, discusses the United States’ past and present, and what it took to organize a whole population across the country to fight back without throwing a punch. 

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Reverend Lawson, who passed away on June 9th 2024, at the age of 95.

Show Notes:

Resources mentioned this episode

James Lawson Full Interview

PDF of Lee’s Interview Notes

Transcript for Juneteenth Special Episode

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