Douglas played a pivotal role in planning several civil rights marches, including the infamous Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Alabama.
Rev. Jesse L. Douglas, a close aide to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died in 2021 at age 90, though his passing has only recently come to light. According to his daughter, Adrienne Douglas Vaulx, he died in a nursing home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
As The New York Times reports, Douglas’ death was not widely known at the time, and the outlet only learned of it during the week of Oct. 10. Douglas played a pivotal role in planning several civil rights marches, including two in Selma, Alabama — one of which became known as the infamous Bloody Sunday March. He worked closely with King as part of the Montgomery Improvement Association, serving as the group’s president from 1963 to 1966…