James Leonard Farmer Jr. was a native Texan and one of the organizers of the "Freedom Ride" (click here).

(January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999)

An American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr."

Founded: Congress of Racial Equality (click here)

Works written: Lay Bare the Heart  (click here)