Biography
Bernard Lafayette Jr. was a co-founder of SNCC, a Nashville Student Movement organizer trained by James Lawson, and an original Freedom Rider. Beaten unconscious during the May 1961 Montgomery Freedom Rides, he was arrested with the rest of the riders in Jackson, Mississippi and served time in Parchman Farm. He directed SNCC's Selma project beginning in 1962, surviving an assassination attempt outside his apartment in June 1963 the same night Medgar Evers was murdered. Across the LBJ era he was arrested repeatedly while organizing in Selma, Alabama and beyond, becoming national program director of SCLC's 1968 Poor People's Campaign after King's assassination.
Calculated release date for the stay beginning August 17, 1960: August 26, 1960. Using inclusive calendar-day counting for the recorded 10-day stay, adding 9 days gives this date, consistent with the August26 trial and return to protest by the next day. The inclusive counting method follows that chronology. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Calculated release date
Calculated release date for the stay beginning August 17, 1960: August 26, 1960. Using inclusive calendar-day counting for the recorded 10-day stay, adding 9 days gives this date, consistent with the August26 trial and return to protest by the next day. The inclusive counting method follows that chronology. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
