Bernard LaFayette, Selma Voting Rights Organizer, Dies at 85

Bernard LaFayette, a key figure in the Selma, Alabama voting rights campaign and a Freedom Rider, has died at the age of 85. He was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the movement that led to the Voting Rights Act.

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Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85

Bernard LaFayette, who died Thursday, laid the foundations of the Selma, Alabama, campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He was a Freedom Rider and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

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