Rev. Bill Lawson not only founded Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Third Ward, but generations of Houstonians knew him as a trailblazer for equality.
Rev. Lawson was a father of four, including to ABC13's Melanie Lawson. Reverend Bill Lawson , a civil rights icon and the founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Third Ward, died Tuesday morning at the age of 95.and the founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church , died Tuesday morning at the age of 95.
Over the course of seven decades, Rev. Lawson helped shape Houston into what it is today, coming here from Kansas City in 1955 to work at Texas Southern University. From TSU, he helped found Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Third Ward. It started with 13 members in 1962. The children grew up in a house that saw visits from other civil rights icons including Martin Luther King, Junior, who tried to recruit Lawson to come to Atlanta.
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