A champion of voter rights, human rights, and spiritual rights. A man of peace and a man of faith. We're saddened to share the passing of Rev. Lawson.
'Houston's Pastor,' a man of peace and a man of faith, was often a voice of inspiration at times of distress in our lives dating back to the Civil Rights Movement.HOUSTON — A champion of voter rights, human rights, and spiritual rights. A man of peace and a man of faith. We're saddened to share the passing of the
“I came here in August of 1955,” he said in an interview several years ago. “Things were beginning to boil in the South at that time. I did not realize it, but they were. A young man named Emmett Till had been lynched in Mississippi. That was on the day that I came.”It wasn't long before he founded and opened nearby Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church. Lawson and 12 others opened the doors of the small white church among the pines. The year was 1962. John F. Kennedy was in the White House.
Lawson continued to champion Civil Rights and social justice reform through the years. He ushered in positive change decade after decade while confronting the issues and the establishment head-on. His health declined, but his mind and memory remained sharp, despite left lobe epilepsy. He brought his condition to our attention after his thoughtful reflections on the Derek Chauvin trial.
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