Bernard LaFayette Jr.

Bernard LaFayette Jr.

Movies for Bernard LaFayette Jr....

Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton
Title: Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 2023
Type: Movie
Dorothy Foreman Cotton was a bold and highly effective civil rights leader, who educated thousands about their citizenship rights and inspired generations of activists with her powerful freedom songs. The only woman on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s executive staff, Dorothy was a charismatic, courageous and consistently overlooked key player in the Civil Rights Movement, whose freedom schools, freedom songs and messages of empowerment are profoundly needed today.
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When I Get Grown - Reflections of a Freedom Rider
Title: When I Get Grown - Reflections of a Freedom Rider
Character: Himself
Released: June 23, 2022
Type: Movie
Trauma experienced by a seven-year-old sets him on a course to become a civil rights legend and change the course of a nation.
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Title: Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
Character: Self - Civil Rights Activist
Released: October 6, 2020
Type: TV
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
Title: John Lewis: Good Trouble
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.
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King in the Wilderness
Title: King in the Wilderness
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 2018
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.
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Freedom Riders
Title: Freedom Riders
Character: Self - Student, American Baptist Theological Seminary
Released: February 1, 2010
Type: Movie
This is the story of more than four hundred Americans who participated in a bold and dangerous experiment designed to awaken the conscience of a complacent nation. These self-proclaimed, 'Freedom Riders' challenged the mores of a racially segregated society by performing a disarmingly simple act.