James L. Farmer, Jr.

James L. Farmer, Jr. (HMSUF)

Location: Austin, TX 78702 Travis County
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N 30° 16.344', W 97° 43.367'

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(Jan. 12, 1920 - Jul. 9, 1999)

Civil rights leader James Leonard Farmer, Jr., son of Pearl (Houston) and Dr. James L. Farmer, Sr., lived here as a child from 1925-30. James, Sr. taught at Samuel Huston College (now Huston-Tillotson University). In 1942, James, Jr. founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), which trained civil rights leaders in Ghandi-inspired nonviolent civil disobedience tactics to protest racial discrimination. Under Farmer's leadership, CORE organized the 1961 "Freedom Riders" to desegregate interstate transportation in the deep south. Farmer was an Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1969-1970). He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.
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HM NumberHMSUF
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Marker Number15236
Year Placed2008
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 6:35pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 622851 N 3349660
Decimal Degrees30.27240000, -97.72278333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 16.344', W 97° 43.367'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 16' 20.64" N, 97° 43' 22.02" W
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Area Code(s)512, 361
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1604 New York Ave, Austin TX 78702, US
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