Dr. Bernard LaFayette: The Kingian Legacy of Non-Violence from Selma to 2021

Cosponsored by the Bushnell-Sage Library, Cornwall Library, Hotchkiss Library, Norfolk Library, and the Scoville Memorial Library, in collaboration with the Connecticut Center for Nonviolence

Dr. LaFayette is one of the last of a legendary generation of Civil Rights era activists. From Freedom Rider to the Selma-Montgomery march, LaFayette protested, was beaten and arrested 27 times.  He worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King. For the last six decades, he has dedicated his life to the teachings and practice of non-violence. He will give an historical glimpse to the Civil Rights movement, the instrumentality of non-violence and its relationship to current efforts for equal rights. Bernard LaFayette, Jr., is a Distinguished Senior Scholar in Residence Emeritus, at Emory University. Free.

Registration is required for this Zoom event.