NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The world won’t get no better if we just let it be.” Rev. James Lawson Jr. embodied these lyrics. He was a courageous nonviolent strategist who taught many to meet injustice with what my father called "soul force." My condolences to his family. May his legacy live on,” wrote Bernice King, the daughter of the legendary civil rights leader.
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