| Title: |
James Farmer
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| Local code: |
74-58
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
National Archives and Records Administration. Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
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| Collection: |
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Oral History Collection
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| Series: |
Item 1 of Series James Farmer
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| Description: |
A founder and first National Chairman, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 1942; National Chairman, CORE, 1942-1944, 1950, National Director, 1961-1966; Program Director, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1959-1961; President, Center for Community Action Education, 1965-; Assistant Secretary of Administration, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969-1970.
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| Extent: |
17 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/Farmer/farmer1.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1969 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Farmer, James, 1920-1999
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1920
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Marshall, TX; Texas; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Chairman; Director; Government official
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| Age at speaking: |
49
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| Document date: |
Oct-1969
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| Interviewer: |
Baker, Harri
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| People discussed: |
Johnson, Lyndon B.; Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973; LBJ; Lyndon Baines Johnson
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| Organizations discussed: |
Congress of Racial Equality, New York, NY; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD
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| Historical events discussed: |
U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Civil rights; Civil rights demonstrations; Civil rights movements--United States; Civil rights workers--United States; Congress of Racial Equality, New York, NY; District of Columbia; Johnson, Lyndon B.; Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973; LBJ; Lyndon Baines Johnson; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; North America; Oral history; Presidents--Succession--United States; Presidents--United States--Staff; Race relations; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965; U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-; United States; Vice-Presidential candidates--United States; Vice-Presidents--United States--Election
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029841-33062
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