James Farmer
James Farmer
James Leonard Farmer Jr.was a 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 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the desegregation of inter-state transportation in the United States...
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth12 January 1920
CityMarshall, TX