(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.| HM Number | HMSUF |
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| Marker Number | 15236 |
| Year Placed | 2008 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 6:35pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14R E 622851 N 3349660 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 30.27240000, -97.72278333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 30° 16.344', W 97° 43.367' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 30° 16' 20.64" N, 97° 43' 22.02" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 512, 361 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1604 New York Ave, Austin TX 78702, US |
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