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Lawson is born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania
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Following high school, Lawson attended Baldwin-Wallace College in Brea, Ohio
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Joined the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)
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Lawson received his local preacher's license
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Lawson was incarcerated for refusing to serve in the Korean War draft
He was paroled after thirteen months. -
Acquired his Bacholer's Degree
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Lawson spent three years as a campus minister and teacher at Hislop College in Nagpur, India
He studied Ghandian principles of non-violence known as Satayagrapha. He read a newspaper about the Montgomery bus boycott and the non-violent resistance taking place back in the U.S. so he decided to come back. -
Lawson was expelled from Vanderbilt University for organizing and participating in the Nashville sit-ins