Reverend James Lawson, a historic leader in the Civil Rights movement and one of the most important theoreticians of non-violent forms of resistance, visited the UCLA Labor Center this month. He was greeted by members of the Los Angeles community and was introduced by Maria Elena Durazo from the Los Angeles Federation of Labor. He recalled painful times, even in our own city of Los Angeles: “in Glendale…there was a sign that said ‘no negro should allow the Sun to set on him in Glendale’” and...