Rev. William Lawson, a long-time civil rights advocate and founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, has died ...
HOUSTON – In the mid-50s, Rev. William ‘Bill’ Lawson came to the Houston area as a young 27-year-old man with his eyes set ...
One service wasn’t enough to celebrate the life of a beloved community leader, civil rights trailblazer, founding Pastor ...
The Rev. William Lawson, pastor emeritus of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church of Houston speaks during a funeral service for ...
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.
Although he was born in St. Louis, Mo., William Lawson was lovingly referred to as “Houston’s Pastor.” He came to the city in ...
Bill Lawson played a role in Houston's desegregation in the 1960s, and remained active for decades as an advocate for African ...
The Rev William Lawson, a veteran civil rights activist and founding pastor of a historically African American megachurch in ...
The current pastor at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in the Third Ward reflected Wednesday on the life of the church's founder ...