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 ...

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.

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 ...

Longtime Houston civil rights activist Rev. William “Bill” Lawson passed away this month at the age of 95. He was a close colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and worked with him in ...

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 Reverend William Lawson, pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, speaks to demonstrators at a rally for desegregation in Houston on June 21, 1965. Richard Pipes/Houston Chronicle via Getty ...

Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, the founding pastor at Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and a local civil rights leader, died Tuesday, the church announced. He was 95.

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.

Associated Press May 15, 2024 The Rev. William Lawson speaks during a funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston on June 9, 2020. Rev.