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The church debates that continue to divide congregations across the United States

Issues within churches dividing members across America Keep reading on The WiC Project Lifestyle Blog & Miriam's Boutique: ...

Civil rights strategist behind historic Selma movement dies

Civil rights leader Bernard LaFayette Jr., a key strategist behind the Selma voting rights campaign that helped lead to the ...

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 ...

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Ala., that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ...

Bernard LaFayette, voting rights organizer and former director of URI nonviolence center, dies at 85

Bernard LaFayette, the former director of URI’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies who did the risky groundwork for the ...

My father fought a mob during Ax Handle Saturday in 1960—I learned about it at 42

I was 42 when I learned that Dr. Girardeau Sr. stood between Black teenagers and a mob in 1960 Jacksonville — and why that ...

Bernard LaFayette, critical in Nashville desegregation efforts, dies

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

Remembering civil rights icon Bernard LaFayette

Civil rights legend Bernard LaFayette reshaped the course of the nation. But what I remember most was his joy and unwavering ...
The Charlotte Post

Mourners pay tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson in SC

Santita Jackson thanked Gov. Henry McMaster for the honor. The Republican governor approved the family’s request after the office of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a similar request that ...
Southern Poverty Law Center

SPLC Mourns the Loss of Civil Rights Titan Bernard LaFayette

Today, the SPLC and the nation mourn the loss of civil rights and voting rights activist Bernard LaFayette. He was 85.

From 2006: Coretta Scott King, a Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 78

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

Civil rights pioneer who laid groundwork for Selma voting campaign dies at 85

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act ...