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James L Farmer Jr.
James Leonard Farmer Jr. is an American civil rights activist and leader of the civil rights movement "who promoted nonviolent protests to erase discrimination and served with Martin Luther King Jr." He was the initiator and organized the first Freedom Ride in 1961, eventually leading to the separation of interstate transportation in the United States. In 1942, Farmer co-founded the Race Equality Commission in Chicago with George Houser, James R. Robinson, Samuel E. Riley, Bernice Fisher, Homer Jack, and Joe Guinn. He was later called the Congress for Racial Equality and dedicated himself to ending racism in the United States through nonviolence. Farmer was state president from 1942 to 1944. In the 1960s, Farmer was known as "one of the four civil rights leaders of the 1960s, along with King, NAACP director Roy Wilkins and Urban League leader Whitney Young."
BornJames Leonard Farmer Jr, January 12, 1920, Marshall, Texas
DiedJuly 9, 1999, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Cause of deathDiabetes complications
Resting placeUnknown
NationalityUnited States
Spouse(s)Winnie Christie (1945–1946), Lula Peterson (1949–1977)
Children2
ParentsJames L. Farmer Sr, Pearl Houston
Alma materWiley College
OccupationCivil rights activist
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byFloyd McKissick

About James L Farmer Jr.

Civil Rights Leader James L Farmer Jr. was born on January 12, 1920 in Marshall, Texas, United States (He dies at the age of 79, on July 9, 1999).

The Freedom Riders were a group of American civil rights activists. He also aided in the formation of the Congress for Racial Equality.

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James L Farmer Jr. before becoming famous

James L Farmer Jr. was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1920 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Monkey (猴).

He began attending Wiley College at the age of fourteen, as a child prodigy. He moved on to Howard University Divinity School to get a second degree.

Achievement of James L Farmer Jr.

He wrote a memoir called Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-1980s.

James L Farmer Jr.'s Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was married to Winnie Christie for a short time. He had two daughters with his second wife, Lula Peterson.

James L Farmer Jr. Collabed with

Both he and Civil Rights Leader Diane Judith Nash, a Civil Rights Movement pioneer, were Freedom Riders (African-American activists who took seats on buses headed to the segregated Southern states).

James L Farmer Jr. Income & Net worth

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James L Farmer Jr. Height and Weight

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Latest information about James L Farmer Jr. updated on March 16 2023.