Belford (left) and Marjorie Lawson, with Gary William

ID: 3967 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Howard University, Washington DC

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Belford (left) and Marjorie Lawson, with Gary William

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Belford and Marjorie Lawson

Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Belford and Marjorie Lawson

Washington attorney Belford V. Lawson (1909-1985) spoke these words at a 1947 forum at Lincoln University that followed the release of a much-anticipated report by the President’s Committee on Civil Rights. He urged Lincoln students to study the…