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Jun 23, 2022 · Farmer was born January 12, 1920, in Texas, to Dr. James Farmer, Sr. who was also a Methodist preacher, and Mrs. Pearl Farmer, a graduate from Bethune-Cookman Institute and teacher. They would move to Mississippi six-months later when his father took a position at Rust College in Holly Springs.
Feb 21, 2007 · James Farmer was born in Marshall, Texas on January 12, 1920, the grandson of a slave, and son of a minister and college professor, who was believed to be the first black man from Texas to obtain a doctorate. Farmer obtained advanced degrees from Wiley … Read MoreJames Farmer, Jr. (1920-1999)
Jul 10, 1999 · James Leonard Farmer was born on Jan. 20, 1920, in Marshall, Tex. His father was James Leonard Farmer Sr., the son of a slave, a minister-scholar who became a college professor and who delighted ...
James Farmer was born on January 12, 1920, in Marshall, Texas. His father was James L. Farmer, a Methodist minister and professor at Wiley College and his mother, Pearl Houston, a school teacher. From young age he used his eloquence to excel in the debate team. Farmer attended Wiley College where he earned his bachelor of science in 1938.
Jan 9, 2016 · Farmer's father, James Farmer Sr., was a prominent theologian who taught at institutions across the South. From 1925 to 1930, he taught at Samuel Huston College in Austin.
Jul 11, 2012 · James Leonard Farmer, Jr., civil rights leader and founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), was born on January 12, 1920, in Marshall, Texas, to James Leonard Farmer, Sr., and Pearl Marion Houston Farmer. His father was a professor of religion at Wiley College. When James Jr. was six months old the family moved to Holly Springs ...
May 23, 2018 · James Farmer [1]1920-1999 Civil rights leader, union organizer As national director of the Congress of Racial Equality [2] during the 1960s, James Farmer [3] was one of the four most influential leaders of the civil rights [4] movement throughout its most turbulent decade.
