32 min

Soul Force, Part II Re:Work by the UCLA Labor Center

    • Society & Culture

Civil rights icon, Reverend James Lawson Jr., shares his recollections of the 1960s and working closely with Martin Luther King Jr.

Reverend Lawson presents the nonviolent movement in America as the "nuclear engine" of the mid-20th century civil rights movement, and as a strategic series of organizing campaigns for racial and economic justice.

This is the second part of our miniseries on Reverend James Lawson Jr.

Transcript: bit.ly/soulforcepart2

This episode contains material from Rev. Lawson's UCLA Labor Studies course, Nonviolence and Social Movements, which he teaches with UCLA Labor Center Director Kent Wong. To watch the class, visit bit.ly/UCLALawson.

Books by Rev. Lawson:
bit.ly/revolutionarynonviolence
books.labor.ucla.edu/nonviolence

Related Links:
irle.ucla.edu/labor-studies/comm…-social-movements/
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-cla…ther-king-legacy
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/dedicat…ing-james-lawson
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/james-la…lding-dedication

Civil rights icon, Reverend James Lawson Jr., shares his recollections of the 1960s and working closely with Martin Luther King Jr.

Reverend Lawson presents the nonviolent movement in America as the "nuclear engine" of the mid-20th century civil rights movement, and as a strategic series of organizing campaigns for racial and economic justice.

This is the second part of our miniseries on Reverend James Lawson Jr.

Transcript: bit.ly/soulforcepart2

This episode contains material from Rev. Lawson's UCLA Labor Studies course, Nonviolence and Social Movements, which he teaches with UCLA Labor Center Director Kent Wong. To watch the class, visit bit.ly/UCLALawson.

Books by Rev. Lawson:
bit.ly/revolutionarynonviolence
books.labor.ucla.edu/nonviolence

Related Links:
irle.ucla.edu/labor-studies/comm…-social-movements/
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-cla…ther-king-legacy
newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/dedicat…ing-james-lawson
newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/james-la…lding-dedication

32 min

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