Approximately 75 graduate students, undergraduates and faculty members crowded into the Yale Law School last night for a discussion led by Rev. James Lawson. A leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, Lawson highlighted his work in desegregating Nashville, Tennessee through sit-ins and boycotts. The lecture capped the first day of a two-day seminar organized by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict and several Yale departments. The seminar drew 44 faculty members, graduate students and undergraduates in discussions about civil resistance — the use of repeated nonviolent action to induce changes in societies.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 23:45:46 +0000
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