Lee, Bernard Scott, -1991

Authoritative Name:

Lee, Bernard Scott, -1991

Biography:

Civil rights worker and close aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., Lee was a student leader at Alabama State University during the Alabama sit-ins in 1960. A founding member of SNCC in 1960, Lee chaired the student division of the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South. After his expulsion from Alabama State, Lee moved to Atlanta where he attended Morris Brown College and became involved in the Atlanta sit-ins. In 1961, he left SNCC to work with the SCLC. As King’s personal assistant and traveling companion throughout the 1960s, he participated in such events as the Albany Movement activities, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma-Montgomery march.

Associated Subjects:

Lee, Bernard Scott, -1991
Lee, Bernard Scott, -1991--Imprisonment

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

17 items in 6 collections (expand all)

Martin Luther King, Jr. arriving in Memphis, April 3, 1968

Creator:: Memphis press scimitar
Leaptrott, William
Date of Original:: 1968-04
Collection:: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

Arrest of Martin Luther King

Date of Original:: 1964-06-11
Collection:: Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:: Proctor Library

FBI Report of 1964-06-10

Creator:: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:: 1964-06-10
Collection:: Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:: Proctor Library

FBI Report of 1964-06-10

Creator:: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:: 1964-06-10
Collection:: Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:: Proctor Library

FBI Report of 1964-06-11

Creator:: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:: 1964-06-11
Collection:: Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:: Proctor Library

FBI Report of 1964-06-12

Creator:: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:: 1964-06-12
Collection:: Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:: Proctor Library

FBI Report of 1964-06-16

Creator:: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:: 1964-06-16
Collection:: Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:: Proctor Library

Oral history interview with Joan C. Browning, 2001

Creator:: Browning, Joan C.
Date of Original:: 2001
Collection:: Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:: John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Baker--Ella Baker papers, 1959-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC 628

Creator:: Baker, Ella, 1903-1986
Date of Original:: 1960/1966
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 15, Folder 1)

Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 13)

Creator:: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Date of Original:: 1930/2002
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 8)

Creator:: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Date of Original:: 1930/2002
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Bernard Scott Lee

Creator:: Montgomery County (Ala.). Sheriff's Dept.
Date of Original:: 1961-05-25
Collection:: Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:: Montgomery County (Ala.). Archives

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Coretta Scott King following the assassination of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking at a press conference held at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 April 6

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1968-04-06
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Laurie Pritchett, Albany police chief, speaking to reporters about the arrest of freedom riders in Albany, Georgia, 1961 December 10

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1961-12-10
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

WSB-TV newsfilm clip of the memorial march and public funeral services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 April 9

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1968-04-09
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection