The Rev. Jesse L. Douglas Sr., who as a longtime lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played a vital behind-the-scenes role in staging the historic civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama in 1965, has died in Charlotte, N.C. He was 90.
Jesse L. Douglas, Aide to King in Marches From Selma, Is Dead at 90
A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in 1965 that began with “Bloody Sunday.”
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