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A Chance to Meet: Jim Lawson

BBC One
on BBC One London

Jim Lawson the black Methodist minister who organised the Memphis garbage workers' strike resulting in the death of Martin Luther King, who described him as 'the greatest theorist of non-violence in the world.'
Introduced by Cliff Michelmore

Contributors

Presenter:
Cliff Michelmore
Resident reporter:
David Jessel
Subject:
Jim Lawson
Producer:
Vernon Sproxton
Source: Radio Times

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