James L. Farmer, Jr.
Organization founder
1920 – 1999
Who was James L. Farmer, Jr.?
James Leonard Farmer, Jr. was a civil rights activist and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the desegregation of inter-state transportation in the United States.
In 1942, Farmer co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality, which later became the Congress of Racial Equality, an organization that sought to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolence. Farmer was the organization's first leader, serving as the national chairman from 1942 to 1944. He was an honorary vice chairman in the Democratic Socialists of America.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1920
Marshall - Also known as
- James Farmer, Jr.
- James Leonard Farmer, Jr.
- James Farmer
- Parents
- Spouses
- Lula Peterson
(1949/05/21 - 1977/05) - Winnie Christie
(1945 - 1946)
- Lula Peterson
- Children
- Religion
- Methodism
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Howard University
- Wiley College
- Boston University
- Lived in
- Marshall
- Died
- Jul 9, 1999
Fredericksburg
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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