Photo of Logan Circle showing the former Lawson residence, 8 Logan Circle, second house from right, 1992
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Belford and Marjorie Lawson
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…