Audio – The James Farmer Lectures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this lecture, James Farmer discusses his multiple trips to Bogalusa, Louisiana.  Since he received multiple death threats, the state of Louisiana offered police protection to him. Farmer discusses how it was difficult for the black defense group, Deacons for Defense In Justice, to trust the police protection because of prior discrimination. One trip to Bogalusa involved [...]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this lecture, James Farmer discusses the struggle for black activists’ identities. He explains how black Americans changed their names and standards of beauty. The search for identity was a positive force; however it had negative consequences, which were a hatred of whites and a split in the civil rights movement. Farmer states that 1966 [...]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this lecture, James Farmer discusses what he considered to be a major step forward in the Civil Rights Movement. He created a proposal for federal funding towards education reform, which would decrease illiteracy across the country. It was created by the collaborative effort of the major civil rights leaders under the Center for Community [...]