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Bernard Lafayette (or LaFayette), Jr. (born July 29, 1940) is an American civil rights activist and organizer, who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Bernard Lafayette was a key figure in the civil rights movement, participating in the Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the Poor People's Campaign. He was a close associate of Martin Luther King and became the program director of SCLC in 1967.
Minister, Optimist, Activist. Selma, Alabama. In his youth he challenged segregated facilities through nonviolent direct action, was a Freedom Rider, and worked with SCLC in voter registration. He suffered violence, incarceration, and death threats for taking a stand against racial injustice.
Raised in Tampa, Florida. “I’ll take Selma,” Bernard Lafayette told Jim Forman on the phone. As one of the young activists emerging from the nonviolent Nashville Movement and the 1961 Freedom Rides, Lafayette had come to understand that “it [was] not something you read that causes you to change …
29 de jul. de 2020 · Bernard Lafayette. civil rights leader, scholar and longtime friend and former roommate of the late Congressmember John Lewis, as well as a professor at Auburn University in...
Bernard LaFayette, Jr. has been a Civil Rights Movement activist, minister, educator, lecturer, and is an authority on the strategy on nonviolent social change. He Co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960.
1 de ago. de 2018 · Bernard Lafayette says Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to help others have a better life. He talks about Dr. King’s sense of humor and his ability to impersonate people, including...
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