Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
Bernard LaFayette laid crucial groundwork for the Selma voter registration campaign that led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, organizing local leadership and building momentum before Bloody Sunday.
Bernard LaFayette, civil rights leader who helped launch Voting Rights Act, dies aged 85
Bernard LaFayette, a civil rights pioneer who organized voter registration efforts in Selma before the 1965 Voting Rights Act, died at 85 from a heart attack.
Bernard LaFayette, civil rights leader who helped launch Voting Rights Act, dies aged 85
Bernard LaFayette, a civil rights pioneer who organized voter registration efforts in Selma before the 1965 Voting Rights Act, died at 85 from a heart attack.