Free and Open to the Public
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Conversations with David Wood, Centennial Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University

"A People's Past Continues to Be Living History"
Reverend James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor

The Reverend James Lawson's career in ministry and nonviolent activism began at Vanderbilt Divinity School, from which he was famously expelled in 1960 for his activism in desegregating the lunch counters of downtown Nashville.

Before becoming a leader in the civil rights movement, Reverend Lawson studied Gandhi's teachings in India with a depth of understanding that would lead Martin Luther King, Jr., to deem Reverend Lawson "the leading nonviolence theorist in the world."

Box lunches will be provided for the the first 300 people to respond. Call 322-8585 to RSVP by November 2, 2009 or email lunchbox@vanderbilt.edu.

Complimentary luncheon series sponsored by Vanderbilt University and Nashville Public Library.