Search results
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. " [1] He was the initiator and organizer of the first Freedom Ride in 1961, which eventually led to the d...
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
Jul 9, 1999 · Learn about James Farmer, one of the major leaders of the African American freedom struggle and a co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). He pioneered nonviolent direct action strategies and faced violent resistance and imprisonment for his activism.
Apr 3, 2014 · James Farmer was a star college debater before going on to lead the Congress for Racial Equality, which would become one of the most prominent organizations of the Civil Rights era.
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, challenges, and achievements of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Jan 9, 2016 · James Leonard Farmer Jr. was a civil rights activist and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He pushed for nonviolent protest against segregation alongside Martin...
People also ask
Who was James Farmer?
Who was James Leonard Farmer?
Who was James Farmer & Raymond Arsenault?
Where did James Farmer grow up?
Apr 29, 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.
