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1. www.humanitiestexas.org › news › articlesTexas Originals: James L. Farmer Jr. | Humanities Texas

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   5 days ago · Civil rights leader James L. Farmer Jr. 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.

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3. quotesanity.com › james-farmer-quotesBest James Farmer Quotes That Will Inspire You

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   5 days ago · James Farmer was an influential civil rights activist and leader, who dedicated his life to fighting for equality and justice. Born on January 12, 1920, in Marshall, Texas, he co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

4. www.humanitiestexas.org › news › articlesWiley College's Great Debaters | Humanities Texas

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   5 days ago · His cerebral father, Dr. J. Leonard Farmer, had been a Bible professor on the faculty since 1933. Although young James Farmer was only fourteen, he was recruited immediately by English professor and debate coach Melvin Tolson for the college's formidable debate team.

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6. www.humanitiestexas.org › programs › tx-originalsMelvin B. Tolson | Humanities Texas

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   3 days ago · With new interest in Tolson stirred by The Great Debaters, Humanities Texas compiled a biographical article and materials related to his life, including audio of civil rights leader James Farmer discussing his former teacher.

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   4 days ago · NEW YORK, June 25, 2024--Fiduciary Trust International adds Laura C. Pease, CTFA, and James T. Farmer, CAIA®, to its Atlanta office, a key growth market for the firm.

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   5 days ago · James Steele, a British dairy farmer, lost the watch while bringing in his cows for milking in the 1970s. Metal-detector enthusiast Liam King, left, with James Steele this month on Steele’s ...

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   Who was James Farmer Jr?

   • Having won a four-year college scholarship based on a series of Marshall Texas's Central High School oratorical contests sponsored by the black Elks Clubs, James Farmer Jr.'s ability as a public speaker was established by the time he entered Wiley College in September 1934.

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   How did James Farmer get a degree?

   • James Farmer Jr. would study for the ministry and earn his Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1941 from Howard University . When the Farmer family left the Wiley campus, they gave the family piano to the Tolsons. Less than ten years later, Melvin Tolson was recruited to teach at Langston University in Oklahoma.

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   How old was James Farmer when he left Wiley?

   • You didn't come up under Tolson.'" James Farmer was only 18 when he graduated in 1938, an event he called "anticlimactic." He left Wiley when his father accepted a position teaching New Testament and Greek at Howard University in the School of Religion.

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   What did farmer remember about Wiley vs Tolson?

   • Farmer remembered. Tolson, finding the cracks in other debater's cases, was the one plotting the debating strategy, according to Farmer. The Wiley teams simply memorized his arguments and wrote them on file cards they could pull out to meet a point made by an opponent.

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10. www.citybiz.co › article › 570952Laura C. Pease, CTFA, and James T. Farmer, CAIA Join ...

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    4 days ago · NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fiduciary Trust International, a global wealth manager and wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Templeton, announces that Laura C. Pease, CTFA, and James T. Farmer, CAIA, have joined the firm as managing director, senior trust officer and managing director, senior portfolio manager, respectively. Both professionals are based in Atlanta, GA, a key growth market for the firm.