Nonviolent : a memoir of resistance, agitation, and love / Reverend James Lawson Jr. and Emily Yellin ; foreword by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
| Author/creator | Lawson, James M. author. |
| Other author | Yellin, Emily, 1961- author. |
| Other author | Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968- writer of foreword. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2026] |
| Description | xxiv, 662 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Memoir of resistance, agitation, and love |
| Physical medium | illustrations. |
| Contents | Foreword : An exemplar for our time : James Lawson, saintliness, and nonviolence / by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. -- Authors note -- Part One : 1928-1957 : Resistance. Jimmy, there must be a better way -- I shall always love you -- Concealed battle -- Unimaginable warfare -- Troublemakers -- Soul force -- Part Two : 1958-1967 : Agitation. Nashville symphony -- Let my people go -- The myth has exploded -- Such starry-eyed men -- Which side are you on? -- Quagmires -- With my mind stayed on freedom -- These two Americas -- Part Three : 1968 : Love. Beloved community -- In this rich nation -- A new sense of dignity and justice -- Something is happening in Memphis -- Of infinite worth -- Agitator index -- Part Four : 1969-2024 : Still going on. On resurrection morning -- Equal protection -- Can we all get along? -- The tragedy would be compounded -- Unidos venceremos -- Inalienable rights -- Plantation capitalism -- With liberty and justice for all -- Afterword. |
| Contents | 1928-1957 : Resistance -- 1958-1967 : Agitation -- 1968 : Love -- 1969-2024 : Still going on. |
| Abstract | "Throughout his rich life, Rev. Lawson worked to dismantle racial, social, and economic injustice. Dr. King called Rev. Lawson, "the leading strategist and theorist of nonviolence in the world." This vital, first-person account portrays Rev. Lawson engaged in galvanizing and often harrowing campaigns of nonviolent direct action--a radical, disciplined, far-reaching method of redemptive revolution centered in love and moral clarity. Rev. Lawson's story spans his more than nine decades, as well as his abolitionist heritage. While in college, he served prison time for resisting the Korean War daft. Later, he traveled to India and Africa, where he immersed himself in Gandhi's philosophy and tactics and met with emerging African independence leaders. In 1957, Dr. King urged Lawson to "come South now," and a historic solidarity was born. Rev. Lawson was vital to desegregating downtown Nashville in the early 1960s. He trained the Little Rock Nine, the Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteers, and countless other civil rights foot soldiers. He co-led the 1963 Birmingham campaign, the 1966 Meredith March Against Fear, and the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike. Throughout his life he stood up to two particularly pervasive forms of violence in the United States: police brutality and what he called plantation capitalism. After moving to Los Angeles in the 1970s, he continued the quest for economic and racial equity, and for women's and LGBTQ+ rights. Well into the twenty-first century, he helped foster a more inclusive labor movement and an enduring immigrant rights movement"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version Lawson, James M., 1928- Nonviolent. First edition. New York, NY : Random House, 2026 9780593596258 http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2025035078 |
| ISBN | 9780593596241 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0593596242 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | New Books | E185.97 .L38 A3 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |