To Rise Above the Existing Cycle of Anger and Hatred, We Must Be Our Better Selves

"You are all someone. You are all children of God, who have within you the greatest of qualities, human nobility." - Jim Lawson

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David Halberstam tells a wonderful story about Jim Lawson, a civil rights leader from the 1960s, in his book The Children. Lawson was a pioneer in Christian nonviolence and taught and used his skills to address segregation in the South United States during a time of unrest.

Lawson’s father was a preacher who believed in …