Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999

Authoritative Name:
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
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)
Associated Subjects:
Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

32 items in 14 collections (expand all)

Background map: 1961 Freedom Rides

Creator:
Moody, Sidney C.
Date of Original:
1962-02-05
Collection:
African American Odyssey
Contributing Institution:
Library of Congress

Interview with Fred Shuttlesworth, December 6, 1997

Creator:
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Date of Original:
1997-12-06
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

James Farmer

Creator:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:
1972/1990
Collection:
FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
Contributing Institution:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Oral history interview with John Maguire, 2001

Creator:
Maguire, John David
Date of Original:
2001
Collection:
Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Oral history interview with Martin Freedman, 2001

Creator:
Freedman, Martin
Date of Original:
2001
Collection:
Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Oral history interview with Robert Heller, 2001

Creator:
Heller, Robert Lawrence
Date of Original:
2001
Collection:
Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Oral history interview with Robert Singleton, 2001

Creator:
Singleton, Robert, 1936-
Date of Original:
2001
Collection:
Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Oral history interview with Thomas Gaither, 2001

Creator:
Gaither, Thomas Walter, 1938-
Date of Original:
2001
Collection:
Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Oral history interview with Zev Aelony, 2001

Creator:
Aelony, Zev, 1938-
Date of Original:
2001
Collection:
Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001
Contributing Institution:
John Davis Williams Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections

Thurmond on CORE voter registration activities--handout

Creator:
WIS-TV
Date of Original:
1965-04
Collection:
Local Television Newsfilm Collections
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

1-1 National Action Council Meeting

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Milwaukee Chapter
Date of Original:
1964-06-02
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

13-1 James Farmer letter, 1964 February 21

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Milwaukee Chapter
Date of Original:
1964-02-21
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

2 Mayor's Log, 31 July, 1967, Page 2

Creator:
Maier, Henry W., 1918-
Date of Original:
1967-07-31
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

5 Schedule, CORE National Convention, 1964 July 2-5

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Milwaukee Chapter
Date of Original:
1964-07-02
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

News film clip of demonstration against school construction at the site of MacDowell School in Milwaukee on December 8, 1965 (with sound and silent)

Creator:
WTMJ-TV
Date of Original:
1965-12-08
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

News film clip of demonstration against school construction at the site of MacDowell School in Milwaukee on December 8, 1965 (with sound)

Creator:
WTMJ-TV
Date of Original:
1965-12-08
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Rides

Creator:
Hatfield, Edward A.
Date of Original:
2008-04-11
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Southern school news

Creator:
Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:
1965-04-01
Collection:
Southern school news
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

James Farmer, Jr. and Roy Harper, II

Creator:
McQuary, Anne
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.)
Date of Original:
1993-04-07
Collection:
The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
Contributing Institution:
Richland Library

James Farmer

Creator:
Seligman, Paul
Date of Original:
1941/1970
Collection:
Wisconsin Historical Images
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
Educator Resources:

3 items in 3 collections (expand all)

3 1964 Convention Workshops, circa July 1964

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Milwaukee Chapter
Date of Original:
1964-07
Collection:
March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

March on Washington flyers

Creator:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Date of Original:
1950/1963
Collection:
Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection
Contributing Institution:
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)

Veterans of Hope Project

Date of Original:
1990/9999
Collection:
Veterans of Hope Project
Contributing Institution:
Veterans of Hope Project