Rev. Bernard LaFayette Jr. "In Peace and Freedom: My Journey to Selma," 2013, Emory Libraries |
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On December 3, 2013, the Rev. Bernard LaFayette Jr. shared his experiences on the front lines of the modern civil rights movement and discussed his new book at Emory University at the Robert W. Woodruff Library. LaFayette, distinguished senior scholar in residence at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and national board chair for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), talked about his recently published memoir written with Kathryn Lee Johnson, titled "In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma" (The University Press of Kentucky). Carol Anderson, associate professor of African American Studies at Emory and co-curator of "And the Struggle Continues," hosted the conversation with LaFayette.
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