James L. Farmer, Jr.
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James Leonard Farmer, Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was a black civil rights activist who was one of the "big 4" leaders of the American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s (along with Roy Wilkins, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Whitney M. Young Jr.). In 1942, Farmer along with a group of students co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality, later known as the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), an organization that sought to bring an end to racial segregation in America through active nonviolence. Farmer was the organization's first leader, serving as the national chairman from 1942 to 1944.
External links
- PBS documentary on Journey of Reconciliation with Farmer interviews
- Who is James Farmer?
- James Farmer Memorial Page
- http://www.focusdep.com/quotes/authors/James_L_Farmer/Jr
- http://www.core-online.org/History/james_farmer_bio.htm
- http://www.cets.sfasu.edu/Harrison/Farmer/farmhome.htm
- Oral History with James Farmer
- Guide to the James Leonard, Jr., and Lula Peterson Farmer Papers
- James Farmer Project
- http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/featr/content/features/greatdebaters/farmer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=5
- Interview with James Farmer for the Eyes on the Prize Documentary
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