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James Farmer (1920-1999) was one of the great leaders of the African American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s. He co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality – CORE which became one of the leading civil rights organizations. Farmer was a pacifist, inspired by Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence; he organized CORE under that philosophy.
Hace 2 días · January 12, 1920–July 9, 1999. Civil rights leader James Farmer was born in Marshall, Texas, in 1920. He spent his childhood in Austin but returned to Marshall to attend Wiley College, where he joined the team of "great debaters" coached by legendary teacher Melvin B. Tolson. Though Farmer had intended to become a Methodist minister, Tolson's ...
4 de sept. de 2021 · James Farmer, retrato de tres cuartos, hablando ante los micrófonos fuera del Hotel Theresa en 1965 El líder de los derechos civiles James Farmer nació en Marshall, Texas, en 1920. Pasó su infancia en Austin, pero regresó a Marshall para asistir al Wiley College, donde se unió al equipo de “grandes debatientes” entrenado por el legendario profesor Melvin Tolson.
21 de feb. de 2007 · James Farmer was born in Marshall, Texas on January 12, 1920, the grandson of a slave, and son of a minister and college professor, who was believed to be the first black man from Texas to obtain a doctorate. Farmer obtained advanced degrees from Wiley … Read MoreJames Farmer, Jr. (1920-1999)
22 de dic. de 2021 · SUMMARY. James Farmer was a civil rights leader who pioneered sit-in demonstrations during the 1940s and led the Freedom Riders of 1961. After graduating from Wiley College, in Texas, Farmer moved to Chicago to serve as race relations secretary for the pacifist group Fellowship of Reconciliation. Dedicated to fighting Jim Crow laws, in 1942 ...
7 de ago. de 2020 · Freedom Ride leader James Leonard Farmer Jr. was born on January 12, 1920, in Marshall, Texas. His mother was a teacher and his father a minister who was also the first African American citizen to earn a doctorate in the state. Surrounded by literature and learning, the young Farmer was an excellent student, skipping grades and becoming a ...
9 de jul. de 2015 · James Farmer [1]1920-1999 Civil rights leader, union organizer As national director of the Congress of Racial Equality [2] during the 1960s, James Farmer [3] was one of the four most influential leaders of the civil rights [4] movement throughout its most turbulent decade.
