The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives has fully digitized the Rev. James Lawson Papers and made these materials available to the general public, giving students, scholars and historians a more complete picture of the distinguished activist’s life and legacy.
![The Rev. James Lawson teaching nonviolent direct action to students circa. 1960. (The Rev. James Lawson Papers/Vanderbilt University Special Collections)](https://newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/06/James-Lawson-teaching-nonviolence-330x170.png)