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Aug. 26, 2008

March of Justice

As the son of a civil rights giant, Juvenile Court Commissioner John C. Lawson II learned the values that guide his work with troubled youth in Long Beach.

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Los Angeles Superior (Long Beach)
By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 3

      LONG BEACH - John C. Lawson II learned to love the Constitution by watching his father go to jail. The Rev. James Lawson, a civil rights leader and nonviolent civil disobedience guru, ended up behind bars countless times for instigating sit-ins from the Deep South to South Los Angeles. None of it was lost on his son.
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