James L. Farmer Jr. Timeline

By Sohan Kundu

  • James L. Farmer Jr. born

  • Farmer organized the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

  • Organized the Freedom Rides to desegregate bus travel

  • Resigned from the leadership of CORE

  • He served as assistant secretary of health, education and welfare under President Richard M. Nixon.

  • Farmer published his autobiography, Lay Bare the Heart.

  • He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

  • James L. Farmer Jr. Died