# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-lafayette
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:02:51.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-lafayette"
name: "Bernard Lafayette"
slug: "bernard-lafayette"
description: "Bernard Lafayette Jr. was an American civil rights activist, organizer and Baptist minister, who was a leader in the civil rights movement. He played a leading role in early organizing of the Selma Voting Rights Movement. He was also a member of the Nashville Student Movement and worked closely throughout the 1960s movements with groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the American Friends Service Committee."
tagline: "American civil rights activist (1940–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Bernard_Lafayette.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1940-07-29"
deathDate: "2026-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.13
  momentum:             2.689655172413793
  historical:           5.491542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lafayette"
    title: "Bernard Lafayette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "برنارد لافاييت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lafayette"
    title: "Bernard Lafayette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lafayette"
    title: "Bernard Lafayette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lafayette"
    title: "Bernard Lafayette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lafayette"
    title: "Bernard Lafayette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4893345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump