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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 student activist and staff member of SNCC who became the program director of SCLC in 1967. He was a proponent of nonviolence and a participant in the Freedom Rides, the Poor People's Campaign, and the Chicago Campaign. He later became a pastor, a scholar, and a leader of his alma mater.
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.
July 29, 1940 –. 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 · Civil rights leader and scholar Bernard Lafayette shares his memories of his friend and colleague John Lewis, who participated in the first Freedom Rides of 1961 to challenge segregation on buses. He also discusses the strategy, violence and impact of the Freedom Rides movement.
20 de ene. de 2021 · Emisión del programa Afroamérica titulado Bernard Lafayette. Todos los contenidos de RNE los tienes aquí, en RTVE Play
5 de abr. de 2024 · Learn about the key figures who participated in the Freedom Rides, a series of civil disobedience actions in 1961 to challenge segregation and racism in the South. Meet Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Stokely Carmichael, Benjamin Elton Cox, Glenda Gaither Davis and others who risked their lives and freedom to fight for justice and equality.
