James Farmer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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African Americans' rights activist
Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1920
Place of Birth: Marshall, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 09-Jul-1999
Profession: politician, human rights activist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About James Farmer
- 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 United States.In 1942, Farmer co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality in Chicago along with George Houser, James R.
- Robinson, Samuel E.
- Riley, Bernice Fisher, Homer Jack, and Joe Guinn.
- It was later called the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and was dedicated to ending racial segregation in the United States through nonviolence.
- Farmer served as the national chairman from 1942 to 1944. By the 1960s, Farmer was known as "one of the Big Four civil rights leaders in the 1960s, together with King, NAACP chief Roy Wilkins and Urban League head Whitney Young."
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