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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

• Barbara C. Jordan Archives (Portal to Texas History)
  • [Memo from Carl Schonander to Barbara C. Jordan] (Memorandums)
• Chattanooga Sit-ins and desegregation (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
  • Image, Digital (Digital images)
  • Print, Photographic (Photographs)
• Citizens' Council Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Address by Representative William L. Dickinson (R-Ala.) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Being married to a Negro is--just different (Clippings (information artifacts))
• Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
  • Challenge trip letter; [n.d.] (Correspondence)
  • College students and others needed for CORE summer program; [n.d.] (Image; Text)
  • CORE-lator, no. 107; August 1964 (Image; Text)
  • CORE-lator, no. 108; October 1964 (Image; Text)
  • Failure of federal programs in the black belt; 1964 (Reports)
  • James Forman : biographical sketch; [n.d.] (Biographies)
  • Memo, Washington office, MFDP to Northern supporters and committees on challenge; [April 1965] (Text)
  • Memo, Washington office - MFDP to support organizations; August 30, 1965 (Text)
  • MFDP announces plans for Mississippi Summer Project; [n.d.] (Text)
  • Mississippi challenges - progress report; 17 January 1965 (Text)
  • Schools in context : the Mississippi idea; November 1964 (Pamphlets)
  • SNCC : the beginning of ideology; [n.d.] (Text)
  • Statement by James Farmer, National Director, CORE; May 17, 1965 (Text)
• Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine (Proctor Library)
  • Henry "Hank" Thomas and Freedom Riders (Photographs)
• Civil Rights Oral History Interviews (Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)
  • Flip Schulke describes his experiences photographing race issues in Mississippi and the south (Sound)
• Encyclopedia of Alabama (Encyclopedia of Alabama)
• Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
• FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  • Mack Charles Parker (Federal government records)
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1) (Press releases)
  • Beech-- Ministerial projects and organizations, February-August 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 6) (Reports)
  • Beech--Robert Beech papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 2, Folder 2 (Correspondence)
  • Braden--Mississippi 1958-1964 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 55, Folder 15) (Correspondence)
  • Braden--Mississippi 1964 (continued)-1966 (Carl and Anne Braden papers, 1928-2006; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 6, Box 56, Folder 1) (Press releases)
  • CORE Southern Regional Office--Reports from Lauderdale, Mississippi, 1964 April-1965 May (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 8, Folder 5) (Reports)
  • Council of Federated Organizations Panola County Office --Voter Registration and Harassment, 1964-1965 (Council of Federated Organizations Panola County Office records, 1963-1965; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 521, Box 2, Folder 2; ) (Reports)
  • Freedom Information Service--Early documents, clippings, August 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 515, Box 1, Folder 1) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Heath--Mississippi and the Ku Klux Klan, 1964 (William Heath research papers, 1963-1997; Z: Accessions, M2009-045, Box 5, Folder 14) (Reports)
  • Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - General, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 7) (Reports)
  • King--June 1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 7) (Reports)
  • King--March 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 4) (Text)
  • King--MFDP, Voter Registration, DNC Challenge, Freedom Vote (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 15) (Reports)
  • King--Minutest of Meetings, 1964-1965 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 3, Folder 2) (Minutes (administrative records))
  • King--Mississippi Summer Project, miscellaneous files (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 21) (Reports)
  • King--Pre-1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 1) (Reports)
  • King--SNCC Communications Section, 1963-1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 3, Folder 1) (Reports)
  • King--SNCC Position Papers & Reports, 1963-1965 (except Waveland, Mississippi, November 1964) (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 20) (Correspondence)
  • King--SNCC staff biographies, 1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 13) (Reports)
  • Kinoy--Legal documents re: COFO v. Rainey, 1964 : Brief, 1964 (Arthur Kinoy papers, circa 1930-2003; Z: Accessions, M2007-010, Box 8, Folder 22) (Legal documents)
  • Kinoy--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964-1965 (Arthur Kinoy papers, circa 1930-2003; Z: Accessions, M2007-010, Box 5 Folder 44) (Text)
  • Lipsky--Holly Springs, Mississippi (Michael Lipsky and David J. Olson Papers, 1935-1981; Z: Accessions, M96-024, Box 1, Folder 1) (Newsletters)
  • Lynd--Missississippi Freedom Schools, 1964 -1965 (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2) (Press releases)
  • Lynd--Missississippi Freedom Schools, 1964 -1965 (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 3) (Press releases)
  • Moore--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1962-1966 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 5 Folder 3) (Memorandums)
  • SAVF--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 16) (Reports)
  • SEDFRE--Legal Department files, COFO, Rita Schwerner, et al. vs. Rainey, L. C., et al., Jackson, Mississippi, 1964 (Deaths of COFO workers) (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 45, Folder 5) (Legal documents)
  • SEDFRE--Legal Department files, Mississippi discrimination cases, 1964-1965 (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 45 Folder 23) (Legal documents)
  • Shirah--Civil rights material, 1961-1964, undated (Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., papers, 1961-1964; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 540, Box 1, Folder 2) (Reports)
  • Zinn --Interview transcripts, 1963-1965 (Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 3, Folder 10) (Transcripts)
  • Zinn --MFDP - Summer Project, 1964 (Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 2, Folder 7) (Reports)
• Happiness & hard times (Lane Library. Special Collections)
  • Mr. Reppard L. Thomas (Oral histories)
• Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2 (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • James L. Farmer (Black-and-white photographs)
• Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Kay Johnson to James Meredith (31 September 1962) (Correspondence)
  • Michael Bailey to "Dear Mr. Meredith" (Undated) (Correspondence)
• James O. Eastland Collection Photographs (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Senator James O. Eastland (Gelatin silver prints)
• James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Bill to Jim, 2 January 1963 (Correspondence)
  • Marty to James, 2 March 1963 (Correspondence)
• March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
  • 1-1 Segregation in Milwaukee Public Schools paper, 1963 December 10 (Documents)
  • 1 Picket for Integrated Schools, circa February 1963 (Documents)
  • 2 Statement, 1967 July 31 (Press releases)
  • 6 Milwaukee CORE Education Committee Press Release, 1964 January 12 (Documents)
  • News film clip of fair housing march, likely the night of August 29, 1967 (silent) (Moving Image)
  • News film clip of Father Groppi and the Commandos at the site of the burned out the Freedom House, August 30, 1967 (with sound) (Moving Image)
• Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
  • Photograph of students marching during the Freedom March on Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 March 23 (Black-and-white photographs)
• New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
  • Frances Pauley (1905-2003) (Articles)
  • Ivan Allen Jr. (1911-2003) (Articles)
  • Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin (1897-1988) (Articles)
  • Mills B. Lane Jr. (1912-1989) (Articles)
• Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement (Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill))
  • Oral history interview with Elizabeth and Courtney Siceloff, July 8, 1985 (Transcripts)
  • Oral history interview with J. Carlyle Sitterson, November 4 and 6, 1987 (Transcripts)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of James M. Hopkins, Jr. following his arrest for his participation in a sit-in at Livingston Park in Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 10 (Black-and-white photographs)
• Tulsa Race Riot Collection (Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Archives and Records Commission)
  • Letter Lieut. Roy R. Dunlap to Lieut. Col. L. J. F. Rooney, 1921 July 1 (Letters (correspondence))
• Wisconsin Historical Images (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Louisiana story 1963 (Pamphlets)

Educator Resources

• March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
  • 2 Facts about the Freedom Day School Withdrawal, 1964 May 18 (Instructional materials)
  • 3 CORE Demonstration Rules, circa 1964 (Instructional materials)