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Person · 1920–1999

James Farmer

Co-founder of CORE and architect of the 1961 Freedom Rides.

A founder of nonviolent direct action in the [[civil-rights-movement]].

James Farmer helped found the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942 and brought Gandhian nonviolence to America, then planned the Freedom Rides that forced the desegregation of interstate travel.

The Civil Rights Movement

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  1. March 1942
    CORE is founded

    An interracial group in Chicago founds the Congress of Racial Equality, pioneering Gandhian nonviolent direct action and the first sit-ins.

  2. May 4, 1961
    The Freedom Rides

    Interracial riders challenge segregated buses and terminals, met with mob violence.

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