From the archives: "Voices of the Civil Rights Movement"

Civil rights activist Bernard Lafayette, who helped organize the Selma Voting Rights Movement in the 1960s, died March 5, 2026, at age 85. In this 1980 "Sunday Morning" report by Ted Holmes, Lafayette ...
Atlanta Black Star

‘I’m Surprised’: Presidents and Civil Rights Leaders Fill Chicago Church for Jesse Jackson — But One Missing Face Has Viewers Asking Questions

"Emotions run high as powerful figures pay tribute to Jesse Jackson in Chicago. But one key absence raises eyebrows at the memorial ...

Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission leading Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee

A delegation from the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission will travel to Selma, Alabama on March 7 & 8 to commemorate ...

Clintons, Bidens, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama, Minus Michelle, Attend Jesse Jackson's Funeral

Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe and Jill Biden attended Jesse Jackson's funeral on Friday, March 6 ...

Bernard LaFayette, a critical early Civil Rights organizer, dies at 85

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated lunch counters in 1960.