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James Leonard Farmer Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr." He was the initiator and organizer of the first Freedom Ride in 1961, which eventually led ...
James Farmer was a civil rights leader whose nonviolent activism in staging freedom rides and sit-ins was instrumental to the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 de abr. de 2014 · Civil rights leader James Farmer headed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and organized the historic Freedom Rides of 1961.
29 de abr. de 2011 · The late James Farmer Jr. was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement and an organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which challenged segregation across the American South.
Listen to an interview with James Farmer, Jr., the founder and leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a nonviolent direct action group. He discusses the goals, methods, and challenges of the civil rights movement in 1964.
21 de fev. de 2007 · Learn about James Farmer, Jr., a civil rights activist and co-founder of CORE, who used non-violent tactics to challenge racial segregation. Find out his biography, achievements, books, and death date.
9 de jan. de 2016 · Learn about James Farmer Jr., a Texas native who co-founded CORE and led the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation. Explore his papers, autobiography and legacy at the Briscoe Center and Wiley College.
