Word: disrupter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...James Morris Lawson Jr., 31, was expelled from Vanderbilt University's divinity school by the trustees because of his "strong commitment to a planned campaign of civil disobedience." At week's end Lawson and 79 others, mostly Negroes, were arrested on state charges of conspiracy to disrupt trade and commerce. (Maximum penalty: eleven months and 29 days and/or $1,000 fine.) They were quickly bailed out; 16 Vanderbilt divinity faculty members posted bond for Lawson. Meanwhile, worried Mayor Ben West ("Please, let's avoid a blood bath in this community") met with a newly appointed bi-racial...