The Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died.

The Rev. William Lawson speaks during a funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church, June 9, 2020, in Houston. Rev. Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who ...

Obituary Houston residents turn out for final viewing of civil rights pioneer, Rev. William Lawson Known as Houston’s Pastor, Lawson took up the mantle of peaceful organizing and protest in the ...

Rev. William Lawson a long-time civil rights advocate and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, has died, according to an obituary posted on the church’s website. He was 95.

William D. Lawson VIRGINIA BEACH – William Davies Lawson, 80, joined his lovely bride, Virginia Whiting Sumpter Lawson, to be with the Lord April 7, 2008, in Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital i… ...

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Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, of Houston, Texas, is interviewed at a Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial luncheon at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011.

Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, of Houston, Texas, is interviewed at a Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial luncheon at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011.

The Rev. William Lawson speaks during a funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church, June 9, 2020, in Houston. Rev. Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who ...