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James Leonard Farmer Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr." He was the initiator and organizer of the first Freedom Ride in 1961, which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate transportation in the ...
James Leonard Farmer Jr. was born on January 12, 1920 in Marshall, Texas, to James L. Farmer Sr. and Pearl Houston. His mother was a homemaker and former teacher, while his father was a professor at Wiley College, a historically black college, and a Methodist minister.
Angelisa Proserpi Farmer is the lovely wife of former NBA player now artist, Jim Farmer. Born James Hubert Farmer on September 23, 1964; the Alabama native played college ball at the University of Alabama. The Dallas Mavericks drafted him in the first round (20th pick overall). Farmer joined the Utah Jazz in 1989; the Seattle Supersonics; later ...
LOWRY, Minn. – The excitement continued all summer for MN Millennial Farmer Zach Johnson. Along with his wife, Becky, and kids and family, plus a group of agricultural-types that shared information, the MN Millennial Farmer YouTube channel had 16.2 million views as of Oct. 19 and 134,000 followers. His social platforms on Facebook, Twitter ...
James Farmer co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942. The organization aimed at "erasing the color line through methods of direct nonviolent action." CORE followed the approach used by Gandhi in India’s fight for independence. This meant, as Farmer put it, "advising your adversaries or the people in power just what you were going ...
July 9, 1999 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. James L. Farmer, 79, the founder of the Congress of Racial Equality and the moving force behind some of the most dramatic episodes of the civil rights era of the ...
The May 17, 2023 finale of Farmer Wants a Wife saw Tennessean cattle rancher Allen Foster choosing Khelsi Stone, a teacher from Georgia, over the runner-up, California-based horse trainer Rebecca ...
