TN HJR1098

Honors the memory of Reverend Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr., a central figure in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement who dedicated his life to nonviolent social change

Recognizes his participation in the 1960 Nashville sit-in movement alongside John Lewis, Diane Nash, and James Bevel, and his co-founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in April 1960

Acknowledges his role in the 1961 Freedom Rides, which resulted in his arrest and imprisonment for over a month at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Farm

Credits his voter registration organizing in Selma, Alabama beginning in 1962 with laying the groundwork for the Selma-to-Montgomery march and the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Expresses sympathy and condolences to Dr. Lafayette's family and directs that a copy of the resolution be prepared for presentation