Bernard LaFayette, who is known for participating in the Freedom Rides and overseeing the voter registration campaign in Selma that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.
Bernard LaFayette, civil rights leader known for Freedom Rides and voting rights in Selma, dies at 85
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