Pastor and civil rights leader Bill Lawson honored with image on bus
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The celebration for Reverend Bill Lawson's 90th birthday continues as Lawson was honored to see a bus with his image on it Sunday.
The bus was commissioned by Commissioner Rodney Ellis.
"My dad is thrilled," ABC13's Melanie Lawson said in a tweet.
Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church also posted a selfie of Reverend Lawson and Reverend Jesse Jackson on their Instagram page as they worshipped in church today.
A founding father of Wheeler Avenue in 1962, Reverend Lawson became a significant player in the battle to end segregation in Houston.
Lawson told Eyewitness News his proudest achievements are his four children, including our own ABC13 family member, Melanie Lawson.
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