James Farmer
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"James Leonard Farmer, Jr." was a civil rights activist and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)/American Civil Rights Movement. He was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the desegregation of inter-state transportation in the United States.

In 1942, Farmer co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality, which later became the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), an organization that sought to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolence. Farmer was the organization's first leader, serving as the national chairman from 1942 to 1944. He was an honorary vice chairman in the Democratic Socialists of America.

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It's hard to pay attention and stay focused, especially when there is a lot going on around you.

Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.

All our art programs have maintained a close working relationship with the museum during Michael's tenure, ... It's extremely useful for us to have a museum of this quality in the city because the VCU School of the Arts only has a small resident collection of its own.

We were especially gratified that he brought in [VCU art faculty members] to consult on what the museum needed in its expansion to make it more useful for educational purposes.

Evil societies always kill their consciences.

In-flight collision with an unmarked static power line.

Keep going, that's good.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.