Bernard Lafayette

Bernard Lafayette
Lafayette in 2020
Born	(1940-07-29) July 29, 1940 (age 83) Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Education	Highlander Folk School
Alma mater	American Baptist College Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Known for	Activism in the Civil Rights Movement
Parent(s)	Bernard Lafayette Sr. Verdell Lafayette

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. He played a leading role in early organizing of the Selma Voting Rights Movement; was a member of the Nashville Student Movement; and worked closely throughout the 1960s movements with groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the American Friends Service Committee.^[1]