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| rdfs:comment | - Lawson attended the University of Michigan and was the school's second African American varsity football player (having been preceded by George Jewett in the 1890s) and the only African-American on the varsity during Fielding H. Yost's coaching tenure. Lawson was also reported to have held a position as a professor of economics at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. Morris Brown president John Lewis, a Yale University graduate, was instrumental with Lawson's acceptance to Yale Law School, although Lawson would receive his J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1932.
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| Name | - Belford Lawson, Jr.
- Lawson Jr., Belford
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| Birth Place | - Roanoke, Virginia, United States
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| Place of Birth | - Roanoke, Virginia, United States
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| Known For | - New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.
- President of Alpha Phi Alpha
- President of the Young Men's Christian Association
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| Short Description | - American football player and coach
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| abstract | - Lawson attended the University of Michigan and was the school's second African American varsity football player (having been preceded by George Jewett in the 1890s) and the only African-American on the varsity during Fielding H. Yost's coaching tenure. In 1924, after graduating from Michigan, Lawson was hired the head football coach and athletic director at Jackson College (now known as Jackson State University), a historically black college in Jackson, Mississippi. He also served as a professor of social science and the director of the Teachers' Professional Department. In Lawson's three years as the head football coach at Jackson College, the team compiled a record of 0-3 and was outscored 54 to 0. Lawson was also reported to have held a position as a professor of economics at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. Morris Brown president John Lewis, a Yale University graduate, was instrumental with Lawson's acceptance to Yale Law School, although Lawson would receive his J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1932.
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