Bernard LaFayette, Critical in Nashville Desegregation Efforts, Dies

Bernard LaFayette, leader of Selma voting rights campaign, dead at 85

Rev. Bernard LaFayette, speaking in November 2022 at American Baptist College. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)Rev. Bernard Lafayette, who led the 1965 voting rights campaign in Selma, Alabama, an effort marked by violence toward civil rights workers, died Thursday at age 85. LaFayette’s son, Bernard LaFayette, III, said in a statement his father died of heart attack. A Florida native, LaFayette became involved in the Civil Rights Movem…

Selma voting rights organizer dies at 85

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bernard LaFayette Jr., who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, died at age 85.

Friends honor Bernard Lafayette’s legacy of nonviolence after death at 85

Friends and fellow activists are honoring the legacy of civil rights leader Bernard Lafayette, who died Thursday.

Civil rights activist Bernard LaFayette dies

Bernard LaFayette was 85 years old.

Bernard LaFayette, critical in Nashville desegregation efforts, dies

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died