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5 days ago · This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. (April 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Breaking Bad is a neo-Western crime drama franchise about a chemist and a young man, created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan, primarily based on the ...
1 day ago · The Rev. James Lawson, the leading nonviolence theorist and tactician of the American Civil Rights Movement, passed away on June 9 in Los Angeles. He was 95. In the 1950s, he spent three years in India as a Methodist missionary and studied Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence. He returned to the U.S. to attend graduate school in Ohio ...
3 days ago · I had the privilege of teaching a course at UCLA on “Nonviolence and Social Movements” with Rev. James Lawson, Jr. for more than 20 years. The course analyzed contemporary social movements that embrace the philosophy of nonviolence and encouraged students to apply nonviolence in their own lives.
4 days ago · The Fourth of July event at the 1/2-mile dirt oval features four past winners: series point leader Kody Swanson (2014), Shane Cockrum (2015), C.J. Leary (2016) and two-time victor Justin Grant (2018 & 2022). They’re among the 13 Sumar Classic veterans in the field along with first-time winning hopefuls and runners-up, Tucson, Arizona’s ...
5 days ago · In preparation for joining the Civil Rights Movement in the south, Lawson began work on his master’s degree in theology at Oberlin College. But in 1956, Martin Luther King Jr., came to speak at Oberlin. The two bonded over Ghandi’s teachings, and King persuaded Lawson to join him immediately.
4 days ago · LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from White authorities as the Civil Rights Movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday.
3 days ago · Tech scion David Ellison has reached a preliminary deal to buy the Redstone family holding company National Amusements Inc., which would give his Skydance Media control over Paramount Global ...
