Bernard Lafayette

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Bernard Lafayette is an American civil rights activist and leader known for his prominent role in the 1960s nonviolent movement, including organizing Freedom Rides and voter registration campaigns in the South.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
civil rights activist
human
nonviolence advocate
advocated civil disobedience
nonviolent direct action
voter registration
cause desegregation
racial equality
voting rights
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt American universities
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Lafayette
fieldOfWork civil rights
conflict resolution
peace education
genre nonviolence training
givenName Bernard
hasGender male
ideology Gandhian nonviolence
nonviolence
languageSpoken English
memberOf Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
movement American civil rights movement
nonviolent resistance movement
notableFor Freedom Rides
SNCC organizing work
leadership in the 1960s civil rights movement
promotion of nonviolent social change
voter registration campaigns in the American South
occupation civil rights leader
educator
minister
participatedIn Freedom Rides
Selma voting rights campaign
sit-in campaigns
voter registration drives in the American South
placeOfActivity Alabama
American South
Georgia
Mississippi
positionHeld civil rights organizer in the American South
director of voter registration campaigns
religion Baptist
Christianity

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