Bernard LaFayette, voting rights organizer and former director of URI nonviolence center, dies at 85 - Peer2Peer

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

Mar 06, 2026

Bernard LaFayette, the former director of URI's Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies who did the risky groundwork for the Selma, Alabama, voter registration campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/bernard-lafayette-voting-rights-organizer-dies-at-85/

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