James Farmer

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American politician author autobiography civil rights activist civil rights campaign civil rights organization educator human

James Farmer was a prominent American civil rights leader and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), known for organizing the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in the South.

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Congress of Racial Equality 0
Freedom Rides 0
James Farmer Jr. 1

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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
author ⓘ
autobiography ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
civil rights campaign ⓘ
civil rights organization ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeIn Alabama ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
authorOf Lay Bare the Heart ⓘ
awardReceived Spingarn Medal ⓘ
surface form: NAACP Spingarn Medal

Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthDate 1920-01-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Marshall, Texas, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications of diabetes ⓘ
coFounderOf Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1999-07-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Howard University ⓘ
Wiley College ⓘ
employer Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
familyName Farmer ⓘ
father James Farmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Leonard Farmer Sr.
fieldOfWork civil rights ⓘ
race relations ⓘ
fullName James Farmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Leonard Farmer Jr.
gender male ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
ideology nonviolence ⓘ
influencedBy Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of nonviolent direct action ⓘ
leadership in the American civil rights movement ⓘ
organizing the Freedom Rides ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil rights movement
notableWork Lay Bare the Heart ⓘ
organized Freedom Rides ⓘ
placeOfDeath Fredericksburg ⓘ
surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
positionHeld Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
surface form: Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of the United States

National Director of the Congress of Racial Equality ⓘ
religion Methodist churches ⓘ
surface form: Methodism
spouse Winnie Christie Farmer ⓘ

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Bayard Rustin → collaboratedWith → James Farmer ⓘ
James Farmer → father → James Farmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Leonard Farmer Sr.
CORE → founder → James Farmer ⓘ
subject surface form: Congress of Racial Equality
James Farmer → fullName → James Farmer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Leonard Farmer Jr.
Farmer → hasNotableBearer → James Farmer ⓘ
Farmer → hasNotableBearer → James Farmer ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Farmer Jr.
Congress of Racial Equality → leader → James Farmer ⓘ
CORE → notableLeader → James Farmer ⓘ
subject surface form: Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom Rides → participant → James Farmer ⓘ