Texas Southern University has announced a $400,000 scholarship fund honoring the late Rev. Dr. William A. Lawson, a beloved ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It's a dream 14 years in the making, but it took the pandemic to bring it to life. Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church opened its brand new building over the weekend after not ...

Read full article: The Rev. William Lawson, Texas civil rights ... Read full article: Houston civil rights icon, founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, Rev. William ‘Bill’ Lawson, dies ...

Texas Southern University (TSU) is pleased to announce the establishment of the William A. Lawson Endowment, a scholarship ...

Taking place Friday, March 8, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, 3826 Wheeler Ave., Houston, TX 77004. Tickets are free to the public but require a reservation; two tickets per ...

Less than 24 hours after the announcement, leadership at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church ... Avenue but in Houston and in Texas and across this nation around the world.” Church officials said ...

Wheeler Baptist Church ... Komen Breast Cancer Foundation partnered with the church, located at 3826 Wheeler Ave. in Houston’s Third Ward, in an effort to give breast health information to ...

(Eric Kayne/Contributor) The background shows: Rev. William 'Bill' Lawson at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Jan. 4, 2012 in Houston. (Eric Kayne/Contributor) Texas state Rep. Ron Wilson, left ...

Lawson, a civil rights icon who was also known as Houston's pastor and the founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church ... Kansas City in 1955 to work at Texas Southern University.

The Rev. William Lawson, pastor emeritus of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church of Houston ... advocated for desegregation in Houston and was an academic professor at Texas Southern University.

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