Farmer, James, 1920-
Biography:
"Founder Congress of Racial Equality (Congress of Racial Equality), 1942, national chairman, 1942-44, 50, national director, 1961-66; race relations secretary Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1941-45; organizer Upholsterer's International Union North America, 1945-47; lecturer race and labor problems, 1948-50; student field secretary League Industrial Democracy, 1950-54; international rep. State, County and Municipal Employees Union, 1954-59; program director National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1959-61; leader Congress of Racial Equality Freedom Ride, 1961; president Center for Community Action Education, from 1965; assistant secretary for administration Department of Health, 1969-70; president Council on Minority Planning and Strategy, 1973-76; executive director Coalition of Am. Pub. Employees, 1977-82; professor am. studies, history Mary Washington College"--Who's Who. James L. Farmer was arrested on 25 May 1961 in Jackson, Mississippi for his participation in the Freedom Rides. (Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission)
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Alabama Media Group Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
- Fred Shuttlesworth on a stretcher at Hillman Hospital, where he was taken after Klansmen beat him while he was trying to enroll his daughters in the all-white Phillips High School. (Negatives (photographs))
- Hosea Williams and John Lewis leading marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on Bloody Sunday. (Negatives (photographs))
- Hosea Williams and John Lewis leading marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on Bloody Sunday. (Negatives (photographs))
- James Orange and James Bevel with other marchers on U.S. Highway 80 in either Dallas or Lowndes County during the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
- Jim Letherer resting and smoking a cigarette during a stop on the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
- Jim Letherer resting and smoking a cigarette during a stop on the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
- Large group of civil rights demonstrators, probably at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Ministers kneeling to pray while leading marchers during a civil rights demonstration in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
- Nina Simone performing at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
- Police blockade in Selma, Alabama, probably on Bloody Sunday (March 7). (Negatives (photographs))
- Sammy Davis Jr. performing at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
- Asa and Elna Spaulding papers, 1909-1997 and undated, bulk 1935-1983 (Duke University Libraries)
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
- Barbara C. Jordan Archives (Portal to Texas History)
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated (Atlanta History Center)
- Black Oral History Collection (Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
- Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Oral History Collections (Butler Center for Arkansas Studies)
- Jim Porter interview audio clip 14 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Jim Porter interview audio clip 15 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Jim Porter interview audio clip 20 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Jim Porter interview audio clip 21 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Joycelyn Elders interview audio clip 14 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Joycelyn Elders interview audio clip 22 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 20 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 21 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 23 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 24 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 25 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Kathryn Fitzhugh interview audio clip 26 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Charlotta Bass / California Eagle Photograph Collection (University of Southern California Libraries)
- Chattanooga Sit-ins and desegregation (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
- Citizens' Council Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Civil Rights Archive (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Civil Rights History Project (Library of Congress)
- Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine (Proctor Library)
- Department of African and African American studies records, 1966-1981 (Duke University Libraries)
- Encyclopedia Virginia (Virginia Humanities)
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Chris Blum to Mr. Meredith (5 October 1962) (Correspondence)
- Joyce Heard to Mr. J.H. Meredith (28 September 1962) (Correspondence)
- Joyce W. Bonura to Mr. Meredith (3 October 1962) (Correspondence)
- Judge and Mrs. Lawrence G. Brooks to James Meredith (Undated) (Correspondence)
- Judith P. Coen to Mr. Meredith (2 October 1962) (Correspondence)
- Judy C. Franz to Mr. Meredith (1 October 1962) (Correspondence)
- Judy Howson to Mr. James Meredith (2 October 1962) (Correspondence)
- Julia B. Mozley to Mr. Meredith (1 October 1962) (Correspondence)
- "K" to James H. Meredith (Undated) (Correspondence)
- James O. Eastland Collection Photographs (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- John E. Phay Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- King County Snapshots: A Photographic Heritage of Seattle and Surrounding Communities (University of Washington's Libraries)
- March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
- Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers, 1909-1992 (University of South Carolina)
- Moncrief photograph collection (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
- Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement (Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill))
- Piney Woods School Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
- Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000 (University of South Carolina)
- Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress)
- [Elaine Steele and Ester Huey at the Stanley Park Hollow Tree, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada] [graphic]. (Photographic printsColor1990.gmgpc)
- [Rosa Parks with nieces Rhea and Susan McCauley and Rhea's children] [graphic]. (Photographic printsColor1970-1980.gmgpc)
- [Unidentified woman, three-quarter-length portrait, wearing red dress with corsage and a hat] [graphic]. (Photographic prints1970-1990.gmgpc)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Susan Martin that accompanied her application form to participate in the Council of Federated Organization's Mississippi Summer Project, Jackson, Mississippi, 1964 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of the back side of two checks, one of which is stamped by Security Pacific National Bank, another that is endorsed by Arthur Tindall, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1972 March 20 (Records (documents))
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of the exterior of a house identified as being associated with Republic of New Africa, Jackson, Mississippi, 1970s (Color photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Theresa E. Walker following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 21 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tim [sic] Morrison that accompanied his application form to participate in the Council of Federated Organization's Mississippi Summer Project, Jackson, Mississippi, 1964 May 4 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tougaloo College student Albert Schlueter (center) standing in front of a Western Union storefront with other unidentified demonstrators during an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 February 24 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Tougaloo College students William Melish and Ilene Melish standing in front of a Western Union storefront with other unidentified demonstrators during an Anti-Vietnam War demonstration protesting Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's visit to Jackson, Mississippi, 1967 February 24 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of William Hooker Svanoe [sic] following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 16 (Black-and-white photographs)
- Stetson Kennedy Papers (Georgia State University Special Collections)
- Tulsa Race Massacre Collection (Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Archives and Records Commission)
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the civil rights movement after being arrested during a sit-in at Rich's Department Store, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 October 19 (News)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the need for tolerance, 1966 November (News)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the philosophy of nonviolence and recent violent demonstrations in Virginia, 1963 (News)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking about the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) project, Atlanta, Georgia, 1965 June (News)