James L. Farmer, Jr.

James L. Farmer, Jr.
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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth12 January 1920
CountryUnited States of America
done needs spite
Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.
rights extinction environment
If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction.
practice invisibility seems
Institutional practices, it seems, perpetuate themselves mostly by their invisibility.
focus attention pay
It's hard to pay attention and stay focused, especially when there is a lot going on around you.
education responsibility cities
Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.
years cinema san-diego
Over the years, there has been an intermingling of film and aircraft. This relationship has generated all kinds of movies, including those filmed in San Diego.
house soul splendor
Ugliness has its own splendor when it houses a soul of beauty.