{"product_id":"james-lawson-teacher-of-satyagraha-hardcover","title":"James Lawson: Teacher of Satyagraha - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRajmohan Gandhi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Lawson\u003c\/b\u003e (1928-2024) was a key figure in the American Civil Rights \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMovement who trained a generation of civil rights activists in the Gandhian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephilosophy and practice of nonviolent resistance. Yet his name rarely makes it \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto popular retellings of the movement, especially outside the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on conversations late in Lawson's life, historian Rajmohan Gandhi \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efollows this son of a Methodist pastor from a small Ohio town, Massillon, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough college debates, prison time as a conscientious objector during the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKorean War, and into the circles of Martin Luther King Jr and Bayard Rustin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe pages move back and forth between family memories, local archives and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawson's own words. A key episode in the story is Lawson's three-year stay \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Nagpur in the 1950s, where, steeped in Gandhi's ideas and friendships \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith Indian and African students, he refined the methods of nonviolent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edirect action he would later teach in Nashville. His workshops there helped \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshape the famous sit-in campaigns against racial segregation-campaigns that \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espread across and helped transform the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a compelling, affectionate portrait of an extraordinary champion of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elove and justice, whose life and work have urgent lessons for our world today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story of courage without theatrics, and faith without platitudes, told by \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Mahatma's grandson-a scholar and thinker who came to it from across \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49133722566808,"sku":"9789363365940","price":59.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/sffNJLh9Px9789363365940.webp?v=1779303427","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/james-lawson-teacher-of-satyagraha-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}