Phillis Isabella Sheppard

E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Prof of
Religion Psychology & Culture
Executive Director of James Lawson Institute
Research & Study of Nonviolent Movements

[Phillis Isabella Sheppard @pshepp0593]

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I’m Jazmyne Baylor, a Research & Instruction Librarian at Western Carolina University.
I’m researching African American libraries and reading spaces in Appalachia during the segregation era.

For more information, email Jazmyne Baylor at [email protected]

[Ashley Robertson Preston, Ph.D. @DrPreston1913]

Tomorrow @Prof_Evans will be speaking to our Mary McLeod Bethune course. In the book she argues that Mrs. Bethune believed that the university has three responsibilities: investigation, interpretation, and inspiration. We are so looking forward to the conversation! @nrookie

[Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpacheco]

I’ll be teaching Qualitative Methods at both the Masters and Doctoral levels next year, so I needed my own copy of this book (which I already had in PDF format). #RPVBooks

[The Thursday Lady: A Parable 2/27 @ProfHolloway]

Teaching about race, law and lit this semester? Consider Legal Fictions!

[Dawn-Hell yes, Impeach the motherfucker @dawnmarie66]

This was at a church!!

[Reecie @BlackWomenViews @ReecieColbert]

I'm going to the DNC!!! I'm happily accepting invites to brunches, dinners, and after parties! Also, if you see me in Chicago, don't be shy and say hello! #Harris2024 #DNC2024

[Deborwah Faulk, PhD @hellodfaulk]

My new paper is out with @SREJournal & may be my new fave ! I love my @socprobsjournal paper, but this one! If Choice Dilemmas is about how HBCUs are impacted by anti-blackness, Success and survival is about how individuals too navigate it. In the mix are views of college choices

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The James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements at Vanderbilt University grieves the loss of Rev. Lawson, prays for his family and communities as we seek to embody his vision for a more loving and justice seeking world.
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[Vanderbilt University @VanderbiltU]

Lawson’s reconciliation with VU led to his being named recipient of @VUDivinity's first Distinguished Alumni/ae Award in 1996.

He returned to Vanderbilt as a Distinguished Professor, teaching from 2006 to 2009. In 2007, the James M. Lawson Jr. Chair was established in his honor.

[Vanderbilt University @VanderbiltU]

His work as a staff organizer for the Fellowship of Reconciliation alarmed members of VU's Board of Trust, and for his activism, Lawson was expelled in 1960.

The resulting turmoil sparked a national debate as it pitted pro-Lawson supporters against Chancellor Branscomb.

[Vanderbilt University @VanderbiltU]

He also served as the southern director for the Congress of Racial Equality and conducted workshops for students from Tennessee State University, Fisk University and Vanderbilt.

Among the students he tutored were John Lewis, Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette and Marion Barry.

[Vanderbilt University @VanderbiltU]

Lawson’s refusal to report for service in the Korean War led to his imprisonment for 14 months. During this time, he corresponded with Christian pacifists and civil rights activists who helped him form ideas and strategies of nonviolent action and civil disobedience.

[Vanderbilt University @VanderbiltU]

Impressed with Vanderbilt and with the cadre of educated African American students in the local Black colleges, Lawson came to Nashville as a staff organizer for the peace-oriented Fellowship of Reconciliation, as well as a @VUDivinity student.

[Vanderbilt University @VanderbiltU]

With Lawson’s support, the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movement was created in 2022.

The institute is a collaboration between @VUDivinity and @VUArtSci to advance evidence-based research and nonviolent change. https://t.co/UYdQHDSQUM